2024-07-31 16:40:57
The quarterfinal opponent is Brazil’s Hugo, who lost at the Tokyo Olympics.
Korean table tennis continues to cruise, thanks to the medals won by Shin Yu-bin (Korean Air) and Lim Jong-hoon (Korea Exchange) for the first time in 12 years. Jang Woo-jin, the star male table tennis player, also succeeded in advancing to the quarterfinals.
Jang Woo-jin won 4-0 (11-7 18-16 12-10 11-9) over Japan’s Shunsuke Togami in the men’s singles round of 16 at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at South Paris Arena 4 in Paris, France at 11:00 on the 31st (Korean time).
This is in addition to Shin Yu-bin’s 4-1 (9-11 11-9 11-4 11-1 11-9) victory over Georgina Fota (Hungary) at 5 p.m.
Jang Woo-jin, ranked 13th in the world, had a tough match with world number 15 Togami. Jang Woo-jin’s final score that day was 4-0, but each game was a close match.
Game 1 was a close match from the beginning. The two players exchanged points in short rallies. The score gap was kept within 2 points throughout, but Jang Woo-jin calmly continued his attack and won 11-7.
In the following two games, Jang Woo-jin seemed to have the game easily won by widening the score gap to 9-5, but Shunsuke’s successful attack tied the game.
Jang Woo-jin took the second game with difficulty, 18-16, after repeated deuce.
In the third game, Jang Woo-jin was in a game point crisis when he was down 8-10, but he managed to pull it to deuce and won 12-10. Jang Woo-jin even roared loudly when he reversed the score to 11-10.
The last four games were also close, but Jang Woo-jin won 11-9 and secured his spot in the quarterfinals.
After a day of rest, Jang Woo-jin will face Brazil’s Hugo Calderano in the quarterfinals.
Jang Woo-jin, who lost 3-4 to Hugo in a close full-set match in the round of 16 of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, is looking for revenge in this competition.
In addition, Jang Woo-jin’s chances of winning a medal have increased as the world’s No. 1 men’s singles player, Wang Chuqin (China), whom he was likely to meet in the semifinals, was eliminated in the round of 32.
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