Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk win the men's doubles title at the King of Kings Tournament for the first time in 9 years.
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No. 1 in the world at Badminton World Tour Finals The Chinese team was defeated 2-0
The men's doubles team of Seo Seung-jae (left) and Kang Min-hyuk are smiling while holding the winner's medal and commemorative plaque at the World Badminton Federation World Tour Finals on the 17th.
The men's doubles team of Seo Seung-jae (26) and Kang Min-hyuk (24) took the top spot by defeating the world's No. 1 team in the 2023 Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Finals. The World Tour Finals is a competition in the nature of a king-of-the-match competition in which only the top 8 players in the season rankings for each event are invited to participate. This is the first time in 9 years that the Korean men's doubles team has won this tournament since the pair of Lee Yong-dae and Yoo Yeon-seong in 2014.
The world No. 6 pair of Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk defeated China's Liang Weikeng in the men's doubles final on the 17th. -He defeated Joe Wang Chang 2-0 (21-17, 22-20) and won the gold medal along with the championship trophy. This year, the pair of Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk won their fourth championship, following the Malaysia Masters, Australian Open, and World Individual Championships. Seo Seung-jae lost 0-2 to the world's No. 1 pair, Zheng Si-wei and Huang Ya-chong (China), in the mixed doubles semifinals where he was paired with Chae Yu-jeong (28) the previous day, and made up for the disappointment of missing out on the championship by winning the men's doubles title. Seo Seung-jae, who was selected as BWF's 'Male Player of the Year' prior to the opening of this tournament, finished his best season by winning the World Tour Finals.
Women's doubles world rankings No. 2 Lee So-hee (29) - Baek Group Hana (23) had to be satisfied with second place after losing 0-2 (16-21, 16-21) to world number one Chen Qingchen and Zhaipan (China). Lee So-hee and Baek Hana lost the gold medal to Chen Qingchen and Jaifan in the finals of this year's Hangzhou Asian Games.
Ahn Se-young (21), ranked No. 1 in the women's singles world rankings, lost 1-2 (21-19, 15-21, 20-22) in the semifinals against Taiwan's Tai Tzu-ying on the 16th and finished the tournament in 3rd place. . Ahn Se-young swept major international championships this year, including the All England Open, World Individual Championships, and Hangzhou Asian Games, but has not yet fully recovered from the knee injury suffered during the Asian Games. 19가이드03