Ko/Shin in Top Gear – Australian Open 2019
Unseeded pair Ko Sung Hyun and Shin Baek Cheol revived memories of their glory days by taking down second seeds Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen in the semifinals of the CROWN GROUP Australian Open 2019 yesterday.
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The 2014 world champions from Korea, who retired from the national team after Rio 2016, proved to be more than a match for the current world champions as they won in 55 minutes: 21-11 14-21 21-17. Although they had beaten the Chinese four times previously, all four wins were in 2015-2016 when Li and Liu were still emerging prospects.
“I think we did lose the momentum for a while after we had won at the first game. We tried to focus again and did our best at the second game, which led to our victory,” said Shin.
“Before we retired, we had won four times against the Chinese who were not high-ranking players back then.”