Oh Jun-seong (Mirae Asset Securities), who is growing at a rapid pace, rode the wind of change in Korean men’s table tennis and became ‘ace’ I pass over the seat.Oh Jun-seong defeated teammate and one-year senior Park Gyu-hyun 3-2 (8-11 4-11 11-6 13-11 11) in the men’s singles final of the 77th Shinhan SOL National Men’s and Women’s Table Tennis Championships held at Dangjin Gymnasium in South Chungcheong Province on the 15th. -3) and won.Born in 2006, Oh Jun-seong, a 17-year-old junior, set the record as the youngest winner of the men’s singles title at this tournament.Oh Jun-seong dropped out of high school last year and joined Mirae Asset Securities. This year was Oh Jun-seong’s de facto debut season on the professional stage.It is also rare to win the singles championship in the first year of entering the workforce. Prior to Oh Jun-seong, only three men, Ahn Jae-hyung, Yoo Nam-gyu, and Park Kang-hyeon, won the men’s singles championship in the first year.Above all, the table tennis world believes that Oh Jun-seong’s win is symbolic in that it reflects the shift in the focus of Korean men’s table tennis toward younger players.
The men’s singles semifinal matchup was structured as a match between ‘Young Gun’.Oh Jun-seong and Park Gyu-hyun beat Cho Dae-seong (21, Samsung Life Insurance) and Woo Hyeong-gyu (21, Mirae Asset Securities), both players in their early 20s, in the semifinals and advanced to the finals.Then, the teenagers who defeated their seniors in the semifinals faced off in the finals.Lim Jong-hoon (Korea Exchange), who won two silver medals and one bronze medal at this year’s Hangzhou Asian Games, was eliminated early after losing to Woo Hyeong-gyu in the round of 16.Jang Woo-jin, who is considered one of the top two players in Korean men’s table tennis along with Lim Jong-hoon, did not participate in this tournament.All three games from the semifinals were played in a tight fashion, and the youngest of them all, Oh Jun-seong, became the champion.Oh Jun-seong has been evaluated as a master of table tennis from an early age, and expectations have been high as the ‘next generation ace’. By winning this competition, ‘Ace’ He showed that he is fully qualified to challenge for the position.It appears that experiencing deep ups and downs this year as a member of the national team served as the driving force behind his rise to the national championship.Oh Jun-seong passed the national team selection in April 카지노사이트킹 on his own and became the youngest member of the national team.