Oh Jun-sung and Yoo Yeon-rin, children of 'table tennis legend', round of 16 in the singles at the World Youth Championship

Oh Jun-sung and Yoo Yeon-rin, children of 'table tennis legend', round of 16 in the singles at the World Youth Championship

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The children of "table tennis legend" passed the first round gateway in the singles of the 2024 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Youth Championship. 안전놀이터

Oh Joon-sung (Mirae Asset Securities) and Yoo Ye-rin (Hwaseong City Corporation Youth Team) won the first round of the men's and women's singles under the age of 19 (U-19) in Helsingborg, Sweden on the 27th (Korea time) and reached the round of 16.

Oh Sang-eun, the silver medalist in men's team event at the 2012 London Olympics, and Oh Jun-sung, the son of Mirae Asset Daewoo, defeated Mateusz Zalevski of Poland 4-0 (11-6 11-5 11-6 11-3) in the round of 32 men's singles.

Oh Jun-sung, who reached the round of 16, will compete with France's Nathan Lamb for the quarterfinals.

In addition, Yoo Yeon-rin, daughter of Korea Exchange coach Yoo Nam-kyu, the gold medalist in men's singles at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, also joined the round of 16 with a 4-2 (9-117-111-7 11-6 11-4 11-5) come-from-behind victory over Rilu Masat of Belgium.

However, Park Ga-hyun (copyright), who collaborated with Yoo Young-rin to win the U-19 women's team tournament, lost to Japan's Mao Takamori 3-4 and failed to advance to the round of 16 in the women's singles, and Kim Ga-on (Duhogo) in the men's singles also failed to pass the gate to the round of 32.

Meanwhile, Lee Seung-soo (Daejeon Dongsan Middle School) and Ma Young-min (Jeonggok Middle School) of men's singles, Choi Seo-yeon (Hosu-don Girls' Middle School) and Heo Ye-rim (Hwaseong City Corporation Youth Team) each joined the round of 16.