It was also Samsung Life Insurance. For two years in a row, he won the combined championship in the men’s division of the Korean Professional Table Tennis League. Last year, even if the leading role in the championship was omitted, it proved again that it is the strongest with a solid power that does not feel a void.

Samsung Life, led by coach Lee Cheol-seung, defeated the Armed Forces Sports Corps (director Lim Jong-man) in the first leg of the men’s Korea League championship match of the ‘2023 Dunamu Korea Professional Table Tennis League (KTTL)’ held at Studio T (Gwanggyo Gymnasium), a table tennis stadium in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do on the 24th. The match score was 3 to 0. Samsung Life Insurance, who won one win with the top advantage, won the championship with two wins.

It reached the top for two consecutive years until last year. Samsung Life Insurance won the KTTL, which started last year, and became the first champion.

However, in Samsung Life Insurance, a key member Ahn Jae-hyun transferred to the Korea Exchange after last season, and a variable was created in the team’s power. Ahn Jae-hyun led the team to the championship last year with 28 wins and 6 losses in the KTTL regular league and 2nd place with many wins.

Samsung Life, however, did not waver. Ahn Jae-hyun left, but Cho Seung-min was discharged from the military and completely filled the void. Cho Seung-min led the team to the championship for the second year in a row by winning the most wins (16 wins, 5 losses) in the regular league. In addition, the three men, including Lee Sang-soo and Cho Dae-seong, who ran undefeated with 10 wins in doubles, raged.

It was the same in the finals토토사이트. Amidst the great success of the trio, even director Lee Chul-seung’s resourcefulness shone. Samsung Life Insurance planned a strategy to put Cho Dae-seong in the vanguard instead of ace Cho Seung-min. Here, in doubles, Lee Sang-soo’s partner was Cho Seung-min instead of Cho Dae-seong.

The effect was perfect. In the first singles match, Cho Dae-sung defeated Kim Dae-woo 2-0 (11-7 11-7), following the momentum of defeating world No. 1 player Pan Zhendong (China) in a recent international tournament.

Here, Cho Seung-min made an unexpected performance by winning a thrilling come-from-behind victory against ace Jang Woo-jin in the second singles. Seung-Min Cho lost the first set 5-11 and was in danger as he lost the second set 5-9. However, Cho Seung-min did not give up until the end and won the 2nd set 14-12 after a deuce battle, changing the atmosphere and driving the momentum to win the 3rd set and roar. In the doubles match paired with his eldest brother Lee Sang-soo, Cho Seung-min easily defeated Kwak Yu-bin and Kim Min-hyeok 2-0 (11-8 11-8) to secure the championship.

After the game, coach Lee said, “Other teams have one-two punches, but we have one-two and three punches.” Lee Sang-soo and Cho Dae-sung, in particular, Cho Seung-min filled the void left by Ahn Jae-hyun, and the three-member team led the team, he said. pointed out He did not forget the contributions of other players, saying, “When they were injured during the season or when they participated in national selection matches or international competitions, Lim Yuno, Ho Jeong-moon, and Oh Seung-hwan played their part.”

Regarding the matchup in the final match, Lee said, “Today, Dae-seong Cho and Seung-min Cho were in very good condition.” did. Then, he smiled, saying, “But the game was easily solved as Cho Seung-min beat Woo-jin Jang.”

Samsung Life Insurance won 50 million won in prize money along with the championship cup named ‘Seoul Cup (men’s team championship in the 1986 Seoul Asian Games)’. For the Armed Forces Sports Unit, the runner-up prize money is 20 million won;