Youth and Experience Do the Trick
Jung Kyung Eun and Baek Ha Na’s summit ascent at the DANISA Denmark Open 2019 will count as the most unanticipated women’s doubles victory at a top-tier event this year.
· DEV SUKUMAR
The Koreans had given little sign that they would go all the way in Denmark, having fallen in the early rounds in their four previous top-tier events: in Japan, Thailand, China and Korea.
However, possibly surprising even themselves, Jung and Baek came through a difficult field in Odense, beginning with their first round win over China’s Dong Wen Jing and Feng Xue Ying in three games.
China’s Du Yue/Li Yin Hui (second round), Thailand’s Puttita Supajirakul/Sapsiree Taerattanachai (quarterfinals) and world champions Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara (semifinals) were all doughty opponents, but Jung/Baek made their way to the final with three-games wins in three of the four matches.