Team Korea 2 games down to Japan in semifinal at Table Tennis Worlds
- 6 years ago
남북단일 탁구팀, 8강에서 일본에 고전 중
A unified Korean table tennis team is on the verge of getting knocked out by Japan in a straight set shut-out.
They're in the third match of a best of five... at the semifinal of the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Sweden.
Playing for the joint squad today are two South Korean players,... Jeon Ji-hee... and Yang Ha-eun,... and a North Korean star, Kim Song-I.
Tokyo won the first two matches.
Seoul's top-ranked star... Jeon went down in a straight set defeat to world no. 7 ( )Mima Ito.
In the second match, Kim was edged out by ( )Ishikawa Kasumi... in full sets.
If Team Korea loses tonight, they'll still get to stand atop the podiumwith a third place finish.
All nine players will receive a medal… and both the South and North Korean national flags will be raised during the ceremony.
A unified Korean table tennis team is on the verge of getting knocked out by Japan in a straight set shut-out.
They're in the third match of a best of five... at the semifinal of the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Sweden.
Playing for the joint squad today are two South Korean players,... Jeon Ji-hee... and Yang Ha-eun,... and a North Korean star, Kim Song-I.
Tokyo won the first two matches.
Seoul's top-ranked star... Jeon went down in a straight set defeat to world no. 7 ( )Mima Ito.
In the second match, Kim was edged out by ( )Ishikawa Kasumi... in full sets.
If Team Korea loses tonight, they'll still get to stand atop the podiumwith a third place finish.
All nine players will receive a medal… and both the South and North Korean national flags will be raised during the ceremony.