Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk "I should have done better. I'm sorry.""
Aug 01, 2024
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It was regrettable for Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk (Samsung Life Insurance), who lost to Denmark in the fourth place in the world. Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk lost to Denmark's Kim Astroop-Anders Rasmussen 0-2 (19-21 20-22) in the quarterfinals of the men's doubles at the 2024 Paris Olympics at Port Draschapel Stadium in Langs Paris on the 1st (Korea time). He failed to advance to the semifinals and ended his dream of a medal.
Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk flew well from the group qualifying round. He didn't lose a single set in three consecutive wins. They defeated Czech Ondrej Kral-Adam Mendrek in Game 1, France's Cristo Popov-Thoma Popov in Game 2, and Thailand's Supak Zomko-Kitinupong Kedren in Game 3. The doubles match is a structure in which four teams are grouped into a group to qualify and the first and second places in the group reach the quarterfinals. He reached the quarterfinals without difficulty as No. 1 in the group.
He got off to a shaky start, giving up four points in the first set, 1-1. Denmark's sharp attack followed. The stroke of conversion is out of the way. He was taken to 2-8. I got back on the flow. After a huge rally, he made the attack and chased 5-8. He continued his pursuit by pulling out the opponent's mistakes. 8-9, followed by a point. However, it was 8-11 with a lower score. The pattern of chasing and running away was repeated. The fire chase followed, and he succeeded in scoring consecutive points. In the end, the 14-14 match was brought to square one. A seesaw game followed. If Denmark took the lead, Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk followed. Denmark took a step ahead. 16-18. This time, it was Korea's turn. They tied the game again with consecutive points. 18-18. South Korea, riding the flow, even scored a serve to turn the game around. However, he lost two points again and came from behind. 19-20. Defeated 19-21 after just failing to get an attack.
The second set was also tight. We exchanged scores from the beginning. At 5-5, Denmark led 5-7. The lead was not long. 7-7, put the game back to square one. He then succeeded in turning the tables by inducing the opponent to make mistakes. However, he allowed a turnaround by giving up two points again. This time, it was Korea's turn. He turned the score over again by scoring two points. However, he gave up three points and was dragged 10-12. Korea's potential was great. He made a series of great attacks and brought it back to square one 13-13. The seesaw game continued again. South Korea led by 15 points. It's tied again. He made a great diagonal attack to take a 17-16 lead. He succeeded in the attack again and took the victory. 19-16. Back-to-back runs put him in crisis, but his quick attack put him on the 20-point mark first. But he allowed deuce. He gave up another point and suffered a come-from-behind loss with his last run of 20-21.
Seo Seung-jae, who met after the game, bowed his head, saying, `It was enough to win, but I felt sorry that I couldn't overcome the crisis.' Kang Min-hyuk also "When we led, we should have been confident and spread it more, but it's a shame. It would have been nice to have an unclear reception even in the last score, but it's a shame that I gave the opponent room at the first pitch."
On this day, a large number of Danish fans gathered and cheered enthusiastically. Kang Min-hyuk said he experienced it through the open competition, but the big stage of the Olympics was definitely different. What I couldn't overcome psychologically is the factor of defeat." "The long-awaited Olympic stage ended today, and the goal is not to end here, but to come back stronger until the next Olympics."
The best partners we've been together for three years, they expressed their apologies to each other. Seo Seung-jae "I want to say thank you for following me a lot for two years. I'm sorry for the result. I would have done better if I had led better, but I'm sorry.' Kang Min-hyuk came all the way to the Olympics thanks to his help and teaching many poor athletes for the past three years. Thank you. I'm sorry, but I didn't lose because Seung-jae was bad, but I'm sorry that I wasn't good enough.
Paris = Reporter Park Chan-joon vanbasten@sportschosun.com
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