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It was a successful day for the host nation in the qualification stage of proceedings at the KRA Korean Open in Incheon on Thursday 12th August 2010.
Six of the eight groups saw players from Korea finish in first place with a further two qualifying for the main draw by virtue of the fact that they finished in second spot
Jeong Sang Eun, Cho Eon Rae, Kim Min Seok, Lee Sang Su, Lee Jin Kwon and Jung Young Sik all finished as group winners, with Kim Tae Hoon and Kim Nam Soo securing runners up spot.
Only One Group
Only in one of the eight groups did a Korean player not appear in a prominent role; that was in the group involving the no.8 seed, Chinese Taipei’s Huang Sheng-Sheng.
In that group the Korean player in question, Kim Dong Hyun, had to settle for third place.
Upset Seeding
Japan’s Kazuhiro Chan upset the seeding by beating Huang Sheng-Sheng to secure top place in the group with the latter in second spot and the luckless Li Kwun Ngai in fourth spot behind Kim Dong Hyun.
Clinching first place in the group saw Jeong Sang Eun, Cho Eon Rae, Kim Min Seok, Lee Jin Kwon and Jung Young Sik all succeed without being stretched the full seven games distance at any stage of the proceedings.
Different Story
Cho Eon Rae, Kim Min Seok, Lee Jin Kwon and Jung Young Sik duly booked their places being the highest world ranked players in the group but for Jeong Sang Eun it was a different story.
He beat Japan’s Kenta Matsudaira, the highest world ranked player in action, in five games before accounting for the experienced Singaporean, Cai Xiaoli by the same margin to secure top spot.
More Testing
However, for Lee Sang Su it was a rather more testing experience.
The fourth highest world rated player on duty, he beat Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tung-Yu and colleague Kim Tae Hoon but lost to Pavel Platonov of Belarus, a player who forced his way into the Belarus team at the Liebherr World Team Championships in May and excelled in Moscow.
Alas for Belarus, that was the only win recorded by Pavel Platonov, he was beaten in four straight games by Kim Tae Hoon and in the final match in the group, he suffered in seven games against Chou Tung-Yu.
Therefore, the end result was two wins each for the Korean, one for Pavel Platonov and one for Chou Tung-Yu; in such cases it is the result between the two players that determines first place, thus Lee Sang Su gained the verdict ahead of Kim Tae Hoon.
A Good Day
Nevertheless a place in the main draw was secured by Kim Tae Hoon and, with all but one of the Koreans on duty in the first phase of proceedings booking main draw, it was a successful venture for the host nation.
Source: www.ittf.com
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