Homecoming for Lee, Kim – Day 2: VICTOR Korea Open 2018
Lee Yong Dae and Kim Gi Jung announced their return to the VICTOR Korea Open in emphatic fashion with a straight-games victory today in the Men’s Doubles opening round.
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Lee Yong Dae and Kim Gi Jung announced their return to the VICTOR Korea Open in emphatic fashion
with a straight-games victory today in the Men’s Doubles opening round.
The Koreans (featured image), who were with different partners until late 2016 after which they were rarely seen in international events, played their first tournament of the year only last month. They arrived in Korea having won the Barcelona Spain Masters, but had a potentially difficult opening round against Vladimir Ivanov and Ivan Sozonov – the Russian pair that had beaten Lee Yong Dae and his then-partner Yoo Yeon Seong in two major events: the All England and the Rio Olympics.