Amalraj beats top World Top 100 player, Seo Hyun Deok at the Korean Open

A Amal Raj of India beat much higher ranked SEO Hyun Deok. It is worth noting that Hyun Deok has previously beaten World and Olympic Champion Zhang Jike a couple of years back.

A great win for Amal Raj and one more step towards world class standards from Indian players. Another great achievement was when young Harmeet Desai lost a golden opportunity to beat Singapore legend Gao Ning, who was ranked in the World top 20 for several years. Harmeet was leading 3-1 and lost 4-3.

Four Indian Table Tennis players reached the Men's main draw. Amal Raj progressed the farthest.

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Zhang Jike and Seo Hyun Deok win unique doubles tournament at the Korean Open 2013

Zhang Jike and Seo Hyun Deok won the Men's doubles title at the Korean open World Tour Table Tennis tournament. In the finals, they beat Ma Long and Lee Jung Woo.

The Korean Open was a pioneer tournament in a very important way since Chinese players combined with players from other countries. For example. Zhang Jike with Seo Hyun Deok, Ma Long with Lee Jung Woo, Xu Xin with Adrien Mattenet, and Wang Hao with Jung Youngsik. China is trying to encourage other countries to do well and this attempt one of the many that China will roll out in the near future. Olympic and World Champion, Zhang Jike and Chinese head coach, Liu Guoliang are trying to promote Table Tennis in a big way in general.

Results:

Semi finals

Zhang Jike and Seo Hyun Deok beat Adrien Mattenet and Xu Xin 14-12, 11-5, 7-11, 6-11, 11-7
Ma Long and Lee Jungwoo beat Yan An and Lee Sangsu 11-6, 12-10, 11-9

Finals
Zhang Jike and Seo Hyun Deok beat Ma Long and Lee Jungwoo 11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8