Badminton: Controversial pairs to meet in S Korea
China’s Yu Yan and Wang Xiaoli, and South Korea’s Jung Kyung-Eun and Kim Ha-Na will meet in a rematch.
SEOUL:
Controversial women’s badminton pairings from China and South Korea who were booted out of the London Games in a ‘play-to-lose’ scandal will face each other in the semi-finals of the Korea Open today.
China’s Yu Yan and Wang Xiaoli, and South Korea’s Jung Kyung-Eun and Kim Ha-Na will meet in a rematch of their bizarre Olympic encounter, which saw the players booed off court after the Chinese lost in straight sets.
After beating Bao Yixin and Tian Qing of China 21-11, 21-18 in the Korea who went through on a walkover. “At the Olympics, we didn’t play a proper match,” said Jung. “Today, we’re going to try to beat them with our skills.”
Published in The Express Tribune, January 12th, 2013.
Controversial women’s badminton pairings from China and South Korea who were booted out of the London Games in a ‘play-to-lose’ scandal will face each other in the semi-finals of the Korea Open today.
China’s Yu Yan and Wang Xiaoli, and South Korea’s Jung Kyung-Eun and Kim Ha-Na will meet in a rematch of their bizarre Olympic encounter, which saw the players booed off court after the Chinese lost in straight sets.
After beating Bao Yixin and Tian Qing of China 21-11, 21-18 in the Korea who went through on a walkover. “At the Olympics, we didn’t play a proper match,” said Jung. “Today, we’re going to try to beat them with our skills.”
Published in The Express Tribune, January 12th, 2013.