Korea Open: Little-Known Weng Makes Big Impression
World No.156 Chinese Weng Hong Yang surged into his career’s biggest final as he made the title round of the Korea Open Badminton Championships 2022 in Suncheon.
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The 22-year-old world No.156, playing his first HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500 event, held off Denmark’s Victor Svendsen in a tight first game before leaving his opponent trailing in the second, 22-20 21-13.
Weng is virtually an unknown entity at the HSBC BWF World Tour – the Korea Open is his first tournament of this year; last year he played just two international matches, at the Thomas Cup. His only previous event on the HSBC BWF World Tour was the US Open 2019 (Super 500); he has mostly been seen at International Challenge and Super 100 events, and was winner of the Lingshui China Masters and runner-up at the SaarLorLux Open in 2019.
In the final, he takes on experienced Indonesian Jonatan Christie, who made his second successive final having won the Swiss Open in March.