Badminton Kim Ga-eun participates in the lucky King of Kings Aftermath of Japan Yamaguchi's injury

World No. 3 Akane Yamaguchi absent Opens on the 13th

Kim Ga-eun (Samsung Life Insurance), Korea's No. 2 badminton women's singles player, enjoyed the good fortune of participating in the King of Kings Tournament.

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) announced on the 5th (Korean time) that Ga-eun Kim will participate in the women's singles at the 'HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2023'.

With world No. 3 Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) unable to participate due to injury, Ga-eun Kim, who was next in line for her in the rankings, earned her spot.

The top eight players (teams) from each event will participate in this competition. In the women's singles, there are Chinese players with higher World Tour rankings this year than Kim Ga-eun, but Kim Ga-eun obtained the right to participate in accordance with the rule that only two players from one country can participate.

Regarding Kim Ga-eun, the federation said, “Compared to last year, her performance ups and downs have eased, and through this she has risen to the highest ranking of her career, 13th,” and added, “She is a threat by beating players in the world’s top 10, such as He Bingjiao, Wang Ziyi, and Han Yue.” “He is considered an enemy,” he said.

She is Ga-eun Kim. She won the Korea Masters this year, was runner-up at the Australian Open, and reached the semifinals at the China Masters.

As a result, Kim Ga-eun will compete on the World Tour Finals stage with world No. 1 Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance). They compete against Chen Yufei (China), Tai Tzu-ying (Taiwan), Carolina Marin (Spain), Han Yue (China), Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (Indonesia), and Beiwen Zhang (USA).

This tournament, a badminton competition, will be held in Hangzhou, China from the 13th to the 17th. The total prize money is 2.5 million dollars, which is equivalent to approximately 3.3 billion won.

The bracket will be announced on the 11th. After eight players (teams) are divided into two groups and play a league match, the top two players (teams) advance to the semifinals tournament to determine the king of the kings.

In the women's doubles, Lee So-hee (Incheon Airport) - Baek Hana (MG Saemaeul Geumgo) and Kim So-young (Incheon Airport) - Gong Hee-yong (Jeonbuk Bank) will participate. Kim So-young and Kong Hee-yong, like Ahn Se-young, will also challenge for the championship in two years following 2021.

Seungjae Seo (Samsung Life Insurance) and Minhyuk Kang (Samsung Life Insurance) will participate in the men's doubles.

In the mixed doubles, Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jeong (Incheon Airport) and Kim Won-ho (Samsung Life Insurance) and Jeong Na-eun (Hwasun County Office) will play. The men's singles did not qualify. 카지노사이트존