Cho Seung-min and Joo Chun-hee of Samsung Life Insurance won the mixed doubles at the nation’s most prestigious men’s and women’s table tennis championships. A naturalized player from China, Joo has won two gold medals following the women’s doubles. Cho Seung-min and Joo Chun-hee are also in the quarterfinals of the men’s and women’s singles and the semifinals of the team event, and thus there is a possibility that they will win multiple titles.
Cho Seung-min and Joo Chun-hee defeated Han Do-yoon (Se-ah) and Kim Ha-young (Korean Air) 3-0 (11-3 11-6 11-1) in the 78th All-around Mixed Doubles Final held at Samcheok Civic Gymnasium in Gangwon-do on the 22nd.
After pairing with Kim Ji-ho in 2018 and 2019, Cho won the title as a duo with Yang Ha-eun in 2021, and this time switched his partner to Joo Chun-hee to win the mixed doubles title for the fourth time. In addition, Joo, a naturalized Chinese player, also teamed up with Kim Sung-jin to win the women’s doubles title at this year’s event, and won the mixed doubles title to become the second champion. Cho will compete with Park Kyu-hyun (Mirae Asset Securities) in the singles quarterfinals, and Joo Chun-hee will compete with Lee Eun-hye (Korean Air) in the semifinals. 메이저놀이터
The Cho Seung-min-Joo Chun-hee group beat the Park Kyu-hyun-Lee Da-eun group 3-1 in the semifinals to advance to the final. Left-handed Cho and right-handed Joo won the first set 11-3 with ease, before shaking off the pursuit of the Han Do-yoon-Kim Ha-young group in the second set to bring it to 11-6. The Cho Seung-min-Joo Chun-hee group confirmed their winless set with a perfect performance that yielded just one point in the third set.