'Top Ranker'Jang Woo-jin"World's 6th'Calderano 0-4 defeat...a failure to advance to the semifinals
Aug 01, 2024
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Jang Woo-jin lost to Hugo Calderano (29, world No. 6) 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).
Jang Woo-jin is the Japanese ace in the quarterfinals??He easily beat Ske (15th in the world) 4-0 (11-7, 18-16, 12-10, 11-9).The team has been strong against Calderano, who is 5-6 all-time and 1-3 in their last four games since 2021. Above all, Wang Chuqin of China, who was the top seed of Jang Woo-jin's match, lost to Trules Moeregod (Sweden, 26th in the world) in the round of 32. In the midst of the confusion that reporters gathered immediately after the mixed doubles gold medal, a photographer stepped on Wang Chu-chin's racket and played as a reserve racket, causing an unusual drop in the speed of light. The prevailing view was that the elimination of strong gold medal candidate Wang Chu-chin would be an opportunity for top rankers in non-Chinese countries.
One game, Jang Woo-jin struggled with Calderano's powerful backspin, falling behind 1-5, 2-7. It was 4-11. Jang Woo-jin's long-term foredrive in the second game seemed to revive, but the error continued and pushed it to 3-6. But Jang Woo-jin didn't give up and caught up. The foredrive struck a 7-7 balance, but lost 7-11 by giving up four points. He lost three games to Calderano's momentum and operation, which has recently lost three consecutive games, 5-11. He lost the last four games 6-11, recording a 0-4. complete defeat in the game score. After the long-cherished dream of Korean table tennis and the gold medal of Yoo Seung Min (president of the Korea Table Tennis Association) at the 2004 Athens Olympics, he unfortunately missed the opportunity to win the men's singles medal at the Olympics for the first time in 20 years. Now we start the challenge again in the last remaining team event.
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