The quarterfinal opponent is Brazil’s Hugo, who lost at the Tokyo Olympics.
Korean table tennis is continuing its momentum, 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 of the ‘2024 Paris Olympics’ held at South Paris Arena 4 in Paris, France at 11:00 on the
31st (Korean time). This is the second consecutive victory, following Shin Yu-bin’s 4-1 (9-11 11-9 11-4 11-1 11-9) victory over Georgina Fota (Hungary) at 5:00 PM.
Jang Woo-jin, ranked 13th in the world, had a tough match with Togami, ranked 15th in the world. 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 maintained within 2 points throughout, but Jang Woo-jin calmly continued his attacks and won 11-7.
In the following game 2, Jang Woo-jin widened the score gap to 9-5, seemingly taking the game easily, but Shunsuke’s attacks succeeded and tied the game.
Jang Woo-jin took game 2 with difficulty at 18-16 after repeated deuce. In game 3, Jang Woo-jin was down 8-10 and faced a game point crisis, but managed to pull it to deuce and won 12-10. Jang Woo-jin roared loudly the moment 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. Jang Woo-jin will take a day off and then 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 tournament. In addition, Jang Woo-jin’s chances of winning a medal have increased as Wang Chuqin (China), the world’s No. 1 men’s singles player, who he was likely to meet in the semifinals, was eliminated in the round of 32. 파워볼사이트
