The South Korean Team Emerge as the Big Winners at the Yonex Open Chin

2011-09-15

Sung Hyun, Yoo Yeon Seong, Lee Yong Dae and Jung Jae Sung

South Korea’s top four men’s double’s players ( from leftKo Sung Hyun, Yoo Yeon Seong, Lee Yong Dae and Jung Jae Sung) performed excellently

 

[Victor news]  The finals of the Yonex Open Chinese Taipei 2011 were held on September 11, leaving the South Korean team the big winners, the team taking titles in four events: the women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles. South Korean doubles player Ko Sung Hyun first defeated top seeds Tantowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir in the mixed doubles with his partner Eom Hye Won and then, partnering Yoo Yeon Seong in the men’s doubles, beat compatriots Lee Yong Dae/Jung Jae Sung, making him indisputably the brightest star of the whole tournament.

 

Winner of the men’s and mixed doubles at the Yonex Open Chinese Taipei, Ko Sung Hyun

Winner of the men’s and mixed doubles at the Yonex Open Chinese Taipei, Ko Sung Hyun

 

Sung Ji Hyun took her first title

Sung Ji Hyun took her first title

 

In other events,Sung Ji Hyun faced Ratchanok Inthanon of Thailand and made good use of her height advantage and unforced errors by her opponent to win her first international competition. In the women’s doubles, Ha Jung Eun/Kim Min Jung were up against Indonesian pair Polii/Jauhari, who have been in outstanding form recently. After both sides took a game, Polii unfortunately had to withdraw because of injury, leaving the South Koreans to take their third women’s doubles title since they joined forces.