Calderano's development speed was faster than mine"
Aug 01, 2024
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Korea's top ranker' Jang Woo-jin (29, Se-ah) admitted his defeat after his desperate bid to advance to the semifinals of the Paris Olympics failed. .
Jang Woo-jin was completely defeated by Hugo Calderano (29, world No. 6) with a 0-4 game score in the quarterfinals of the men's table tennis singles at the Paris Olympics held at Arena 6 in South Paris on the 1st (Korea time).
In the quarterfinals, they faced Calderano, who has lost 5-6 all-time, 1-3 in the last four games since 2021, and has lost three in a row recently. However, in the same match, Calderano's preparation to seize the opportunity to win the championship was perfect amid a rapid change in the 32nd round by Wang Chu-chin.
After giving up one game 4-11, Jang Woo-jin's long-term foredrive seemed to revive, but the error continued and it was pushed to 3-6.He balanced 7-7 again, but lost 7-11 by giving up 4 points. They lost 3 games 5-11, 4 games 6-11, and were completely defeated 0-4 on the game score.
Jang Woo-jin failed to show his performance against Calderano of the same age. In the mixed zone, he played a revenge match in the quarterfinals after losing at the Tokyo Olympics, and I think the speed at which the opponent has developed is much faster than the speed at which I have developed over the past three years. He admitted defeat by saying that he was behind in his skills rather than regret. I wanted to turn it around because I went as close as possible in the second game, but strangely, I expressed regret that I couldn't find a part where I could dig into the opponent as my strengths missed one or two points.
Regarding the reason why he did not play well against Calderano, Jang Woo-jin said, `First of all, I didn't give myself time to play points, and first of all, I was a little tied up because my opponent was better in serve, receiving and short play than me. I was always wary of that part while playing games, but today I was dragged into the part that came in more thoroughly than other times, he explained. Ahead of the team match, he expressed his determination to go all-in against Croatia in the first match of the round of 16. When talking about a gloomy match against the strongest China in the quarterfinals early, Jang Woo-jin said "I think about the round of 16 because our winning rate against Croatia in the round of 16 is not good, rather than thinking about the quarterfinals first, so I'm only thinking about the round of 16 and preparing as much as I can." "Since it's a team match, if we prepare a lot for the country for the team, not for the individual, there will be good results." "I'm not prematurely thinking about the China war right now. As I said, the winning rate against Croatia is actually really bad. It is one of the most difficult countries and I thought it would be bad to play against Croatia before the Olympics. I will prepare well for the match against Croatia."
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