Lee Sang-soo defeats 5th ranked Lin Gaoyuan in WTT Singapore 2 consecutive wins against Chinese players

Lee Sang-soo defeated Ma Lung at the Busan World Championships last month.

Korean men's table tennis veteran Lee Sang-soo (26th, Sansaengshengmeng) defeated China's world number 5 Lin Gaoyuan and advanced to the second round of the World Table Tennis (WTT) Singapore Smash.

Sangsu Lee defeated Lin Gaoyuan 3-1 (13-11 12-14 11-8 11-9) in the first round of the men's singles on the 6th day of the tournament held in Singapore on the 11th (local time).

Lee Sang-su showed off his skills by defeating Chinese players for the second time in a row in international competitions.

He appeared as a triple runner in the men's semifinal against China at the 2024 Busan Team World Championships, which closed on the 25th of last month, and caused a stir by defeating Ma Long (3rd place), who is considered the best player of all time, 3-2 after a full game match. there is.

Lee Sang-soo took the lead over Lin Gaoyuan with a total record of 6 wins and 5 losses.

He defeated Lin Gaoyuan six years and five games after winning the men's singles preliminaries at the 2018 Yokohama Asian Cup.

Lee Sang-soo - Marung match scene

Lee Sang-soo competes to advance to the round of 16 against Omar Assar (22nd, Egypt).

Cho Dae-seong (58th place, Samsung Life Insurance) also defeated Brazilian strongman Hugo Calderano (7th place, Brazil) 3-1 (11-6 11-7 7-11 12-10) and advanced to the second round.

Cho Dae-sung's next opponent is Taiwanese veteran Zhuang Zhiyuan (35th).

Jaehyun Ahn (37th place) and Jonghoon Lim (17th place, Korea Exchange) were eliminated in the first round, losing to Lin Shidong (18th place, China) and Quadri Aruna (11th place, Nigeria), respectively.

In the women's singles, all six Korean players advanced to the second round, raising expectations.

Ace Shin Yu-bin (7th place, Korean Air) defeated Lee Ho-ching (96th place, Hong Kong) 3-0 (11-1 12-10 11-6) in the first round, and Jeon Ji-hee (22nd place, Mirae Asset Securities) also defeated They defeated Zhu Cheongju (46th place, Hong Kong) 3-0 (11-7 12-10 11-6) and advanced to the second round.

In addition, Joo Cheon-hee (14th, Samsung Life Insurance), Kim Na-young (37th, POSCO International), Lee Si-on (39th, Samsung Life Insurance), and Seo Hyo-won (53rd, Korea Racing Authority) passed the first round of the women's singles 고스톱