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Surprise winners of the Mixed Doubles title the Liebherr 2013 World Championships in Paris, the DPR Korean partnership of Kim Hyok Bong and Kim Jong added to their collection of silverware on Friday 3rd October.
They won the Mixed Doubles title at the 2014 Asian Games in the Korea city of Incheon, accounting for Hong Kong’s Jiang Tianyi and Lee Ho Ching in the final.
Impressively, Kim Hyok Bong and Kim Jong recorded a five games win (12-10, 12-10, 10-12, 11-6, 11-6).
Success for Kim Hyok Bong and Kim Jong over pairing from Hong Kong and somewhat less dramatic than the previous occasion when they had confronted a partnership from the Special Administrative Region of China.
At the Liebherr 2013 World Championships, at the semi-final stage of the Mixed Doubles event, they were on the very precipice of defeat against Cheung Yuk and Jian Huajun.
No margin for error, they recovered from a three games to nil reverse to win a close fourth game before advancing to record a full distance win (11-13, 9-11, 12-14, 14-12, 11-8, 11-4, 11-7).
Throughout the final, the right handed Kim Hyok Bong and the left handed Kim Jong had the support of the crowd.
The locals from the Republic of Korea shouted “We are”, the response from the those had travelled across the border from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea responded “One”.
Success for Kim Hyok Bong and Kim Jong; similar to the scenes on the podium in Paris, there were emotional scenes as tears filled the eyes of the champion.
"In 2013 when we became World Champions, we got a lot of love from our people and we were very thankful”, said Kim Hyok Bong. “We wanted to win the gold medal here again to get the feeling of love from our people again, as well as repay them for all the support that they have given us, which made us very emotional."
Silver for Hong Kong in the Mixed Doubles event, in the Women’s Doubles it was bronze. Lee Ho Ching and Ng Wing Nam suffered a semi-final defeat against China’s Chen Meng and Zhu Yuling, the champions elect (4-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-4, 11-4).
Men’s Singles: Round Two
Xu Xin (CHN) bt Purshottam Bajracharya (NEP) 11-4, 11-2, 11-3, 11-2
Chen Chien-An (TPE) bt Albahrani Husain (KUW) 11-2, 11-5, 11-2, 11-5
Padasak Tanviriyavechakul (THA) bt Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND) 6-11, 12-10, 5-11, 11-9, 6-11, 12-10, 11-9
Gao Ning (SIN) bt Bilegt Batkhisig (MGL) 11-3, 11-2, 11-2, 11-1
Joo Saehyuk bt Choe Il (PRK) 11-3, 11-8, 8-11, 11-5, 11-7
Jiang Tianyi (HKG) bt Naif Mohammed Aljadai (KSA) 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, 11-3
Noshad Alamiyan (IRI) bt Muhammad Rameez (PAK) 11-6, 11-5, 11-4, 11-7
Jun Mizutani (JPN) bt Muneer Ahmed Ali Aldhubhani (YEM) 11-2, 11-2, 11-5, 11-6
Chuang Chih-Yuan (TPE) bt Muhammad Asim Qureshi (PAK) 11-3, 11-7, 11-3, 11-5
Kim Donghyun (KOR) bt Kirill Gerassimenko (KAZ) 13-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-3
Soumyajit Ghosh (IND) bt Thavisack Phathaphone (LAO) 11-5, 11-7, 11-5, 11-4
Pak Sin Hyok (PRK) bt Tang Peng (HKG) 13-11, 11-9, 10-12, 4-11, 11-9, 1-11, 11-7
Koki Niwa (JPN) bt Abdulaziz Abbad Alabbad (KSA) 12-10, 12-10, 11-5, 11-8
Afshin Noroozi (IRI) bt Omar Ahmed Ali (YEM) 11-3, 11-4, 11-2, 11-3
Li Hu (SIN) bt Lkhagvasuren Enkhbat (MGL) 11-1, 11-2, 11-6, 11-5
Fan Zhendong (CHN) bt Chang Hoi Wa (MAC) 11-1, 11-5, 11-2, 11-4
Men’s Singles: Round Three
Xu Xin (CHN) by Chen Chien-An (TPE) 10-12, 6-11, 11-5, 10-12, 11-3, 11-7, 11-8
Gao Ning (SIN) bt Padasak Tanviriyavechakul (THA) 11-7, 11-8, 11-4, 11-8
Joo Saehyuk (KOR) bt Jiang Tiangyi (HKG) 11-6, 11-8, 11-1, 11-9)
Jun Mizutani (JPN) bt Noshad Alamiyan 11-4, 11-7, 6-11, 11-6, 11-5
Chuang Chih-Yuan (TPE) bt Kim Donghyun (KOR) 11-9, 11-4, 10-12, 11-6, 11-13, 17-15
Pak Sinhyok (PRK) bt Soumyajit Ghosh (IND) 3-11, 11-7, 11-8, 13-11, 11-8
Koki Niwa (JPN) bt Afshin Noroozi (IRI) 8-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-9, 13-11
Fan Zhendong (CHN) bt Li Hu (SIN) 12-10, 11-7, 11-6, 11-3
Men’s Singles: Quarter-Final
Xu Xin (CHN) bt Gao Ning (SIN) 13-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-5
Joo Saehyuk (KOR) bt Jun Mizutani (JPN) 13-11, 7-11, 8-11, 11-7, 14-12, 11-3
Chuang Chih-Yuan (TPE) bt Pak Sin Hyok (PRK) 11-6, 11-8, 5-11, 11-7, 11-8
Fan Zhendong (CHN) bt Koki Niwa (JPN) 11-4, 11-6, 12-10, 11-7
Women’s Singles: Round Two
Liu Shiwen (CHN) bt Seanggdavieng Douangpanya (LAO) 11-4, 11-3, 11-1, 11-7
Ri Mi Gyong (PRK) bt Suthasini Sawettabut (THA) 14-12, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6
Lin Ye (SIN) bt Batkhishig Batsiakan (MGL) w/o
Lee Ho Ching (HKG ) bt Neda Shahsavari (IRI) 11-5, 11-2, 11-8, 11-6
Yang Haeun (KOR) bt Maryam Alqasimi (BRN) 11-3, 11-1, 11-4, 11-6
Cheng I-Ching (TPE) bt Muena Mohamed (MDV) 11-2, 11-2, 11-5, 11-1
Manika Batra (IND) bt Ma Chao In (MAC) 11-7, 11-4, 11-9, 11-6
Kasumi Ishikawa (JPN) bt Beh Lee Wei (MAS) 11-1, 11-4, 11-6, 11-9
Zhu Yuling (CHN) bt Lee Rou You (MAS) 11-5, 11-3, 11-2, 11-3
Ng Wing Nam (HKG) bt Ankita Das (IND) 11-8, 11-5, 4-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-4
Seo Hyowon (KOR) bt Rahia Kashif (PAK) 11-3, 11-3, 11-4, 11-2
Ai Fukuhara (JPN) bt Shrestha Nabita (NEP )11-2, 11-1, 11-2, 11-2
Lee I-Chen (TPE) bt Fathimath Jumana Nimal (MDV 11-1, 11-3, 11-5, 11-5
Nanthana Komwong (THA) bt Enkhjin Barkhas (MGL) 11-9, 11-4, 11-5, 11-4
Feng Tianwei (SIN) bt Yuliya Ryabova (KAZ) 11-1, 11-4, 11-4, 11-5
Women’s Singles: Round Three
Liu Shiwen (CHN) bt Ri Mi Gyong (PRK) 11-9, 11-8, 6-11, 11-9, 11-4
Lee Ho Ching (HKG ) bt Lin Ye (SIN) 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 10-12, 11-7, 11-8
Yang Haeun (KOR) bt Cheng I-Ching (TPE) 12-10, 4-11, 11-8, 14-12, 6-11, 8-11, 11-8
Kasumi Ishikawa (JPN) bt Manika Batra (IND) 11-9, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8
Zhu Yuling (CHN) bt Ng Wing Nam (HKG) 11-4, 15-13, 11-3, 11-9
Seo Hyowon (KOR) bt Ri Myong Sun (PRK) 12-14, 12-10, 6-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-13, 11-8
Ai Fukuhara (JPN) bt Lee I-Chen (TPE) 10-12, 11-4, 8-11, 11-6, 11-3, 7-11, 11-6
Feng Tianwei (SIN) bt Nanthana Komwong (THA) 8-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-7, 11-5
Women’s Singles: Quarter-Finals
Liu Shiwen (CHN) bt Lee Ho Ching (HKG ) 11-8, 11-3, 11-7, 11-7
Yang Haeun (KOR) bt Kasumi Ishikawa (JPN) 9-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-9, 11-7
Zhu Yuling (CHN) bt Seo Hyowon (KOR) 11-4, 11-3, 11-8, 11-8
Feng Tianwei (SIN) bt Ai Fukuhara (JPN) 11-9, 11-9, 11-6, 7-11, 3-11, 8-11, 11-6
Men’s Doubles: Round Three
Fan Zhendong / Xu Xin (CHN) bt Soumyajit Ghosh / Harmeet Desai (IND) 11-9, 9-11, 11-1, 11-5
Tang Peng / Wong Chung Ting (HKG) bt Kim Donghyun / Jeong Sangeun (KOR) 7-11, 13-11, 11-5, 11-3
Gao Ning / Li Hu (SIN) bt Chiang Hung-Chieh / Huang Sheng-Sheng (TPE) 12-10, 11-8, 6-11, 11-4
Seiya Kishikawa / Jun Mizutani (JPN) bt Abdulaziz Alabbad and Naif Mohammed Aljadai 11-4, 11-5, 11-3
Kim Hyok Bong / Pak Sin Hyok (PRK) bt Chen Feng / Yang Zi (SIN) 5-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-9
Kenta Matsudaira / Koki Niwa (JPN) bt Sharath Kamal Achanta / Amalraj Anthony 11-5, 11-5, 11-4
Kim Minseok / Lee Jungwoo (KOR) bt Jiang Tianyi / Leung Chu Yan (HKG) 11-7, 11-6, 8-11, 11-2)
Ma Long / Zhang Jike (CHN) bt Noshad Alamiyan / Afshin Noroozi (IRI) 11-4, 11-7, 11-3
Men’s Doubles: Quarter-Finals
Fan Zhendong / Xu Xin (CHN) bt Tang Peng / Wong Chung Ting (HKG) 11-6, 13-11, 11-1
Gao Ning / Li Hu (SIN) bt Seiya Kishikawa / Jun Mizutani (JPN) 11-9, 14-12, 8-11, 11-3
Kenta Matsudaira / Koki Niwa (JPN) bt Kim Hyok Bong / Pak Sin Hyok (PRK) 10-12, 11-7, 11-6, 11-9
Ma Long / Zhang Jike (CHN) bt Kim Minseok / Lee Jungwoo (KOR) 11-6, 11-13, 12-10, 4-11, 11-6)
Men’s Doubles: Semi-Finals
Fan Zhendong / Xu Xin (CHN) bt Gao Ning / Li Hu (SIN) 11-13, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9
Ma Long / Zhang Jike (CHN) bt Kenta Matsudaira / Koki Niwa (JPN) 8-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-8, 11-9)
Men’s Doubles: Final
Ma Long / Zhang Jike (CHN) bt Fan Zhendong / Xu Xin (CHN) 14-12, 11-3, 11-7, 11-8)
Women’s Doubles: Round Three
Liu Shiwen / Wu Yang (CHN) bt Lin Ye / Zhou Yihan (SIN) 12-10, 11-4, 12-10
Park Youngsook / Yang Haeun (KOR) bt Poulomi Ghatak / Ankita Das (IND) 11-6, 11-6, 11-3
Kim Jong / Kim Hye Song (PRK) bt Doo Hoi Kem / Tie Yana 11-9, 11-6, 5-11, 11-7
Kasumi Ishikawa / Sayaka Hirano (JPN) bt Cheng I-Cheng / Huang Yi-Hua 11-9, 12-10, 11-8
Lee Ho Ching / Ng Wing Nam (HKG) bt Nanthana Komwong / Suthasini Sawettabut 11-9, 11-9, 12-10
Jeon Jihee / Lee Eunhee (KOR) bt Ri Myong Sun / Kim Song (PRK) 6-11, 11-5, 13-11, 11-7
Ai Fukuhara / Misako Wakamiya (JPN) bt Chen Szu-Yu / Lee I-Chen (TPE) 6-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-6
Chen Meng / Zhu Yuling (CHN) bt Nanthana Komwong / Suthasini Sawettabut 11-9, 11-9, 12-10
Women’s Doubles: Quarter-Finals
Liu Shiwen / Wu Yang (CHN) bt Park Youngsook / Yang Haeun (KOR) 11-6, 11-7 11-8
Kim Jong / Kim Hye Song (PRK) bt Kasumi Ishikawa / Sayaka Hirano (JPN) 3-11, 11-8, 8-11, 12-10, 11-9
Lee Ho Ching / Ng Wing Nam (HKG) bt Jeon Jihee / Lee Eunhee (KOR) 11-5, 11-4, 6-11, 11-9
Chen Meng / Zhu Yuling (CHN) bt Ai Fukuhara / Misako Wakamiya (JPN) 11-5, 11-3, 16-14
Women’s Doubles: Semi-Finals
Liu Shiwen / Wu Yang (CHN) bt Kim Jong / Kim Hye Song (PRK) 11-5, 7-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-4
Chen Meng / Zhu Yuling (CHN) bt Lee Ho Ching / Ng Wing Nam (HKG) 4-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-4, 11-4
Women’s Doubles: Final
Chen Meng / Zhu Yuling (CHN) bt Liu Shiwen / Wu Yang (CHN) 12-10, 11-6, 8-11, 8-11, 11-3, 12-10
Mixed Doubles: Quarter-Finals
Jiang Tianyi / Lee Ho Ching (HKG) bt Fan Zhendong / Chen Meng (CHN) 11-9, 11-9, 11-8
Kim Minseok / Jeon Jihee (KOR) bt Koki Niwa / Sayaka Hirano (JPN) 11-4, 12-10, 8-11, 10-12, 11-6
Seiya Kishikawa / Ai Fukuhara (JPN) bt Cheung Yuk / Jiang Huajun (HKG) 11-8, 8-11, 5-11, 11-9, 11-3
Kim Hyok Bong / Kim Jong (PRK) bt Zhou Yu / Wu Yang (CHN) 8-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5
Mixed Doubles: Semi-Finals
Jiang Yianyi / Lee Ho Ching (HKG) bt Kim Minseok / Jeon Jihee (KOR) 11-8, 7-11, 13-11, 8-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-3
Kim Hyok Bong / Kim Jong (PRK) bt Seiya Kishikawa / Ai Fukuhara (JPN) 3-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-7, 11-9
Mixed Doubles: Final
Kim Hyok Bong / Kim Jong (PRK) bt Jiang Yianyi / Lee Ho Ching (HKG) 12-10, 12-10, 10-12, 11-6, 11-6
Article by: ITTF - Ian Marshall
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