You may now edit post #1 to add her name in Hangul, 성지현 BTW, her name in Hanja is 成池鉉. 铉 is the simplified Chinese character.
Wow Sung Ji Hyun won today and will be playing in the finals tomorrow for Thailand grand prix Open. I believe that she stands a high chance of winning the gold medal tomorrow. Congratulations.
Okay congratulations Sung Ji Hyun for winning the gold medals today. Congratulations and hope you will continue winning more gold medals.
Sung has the most elegant overhead motion of any player and it's a joy to watch. Her overhead action is so beautiful and effortless and opponent usually don't know where she is going to hit. Apart from Sung, Ratchanok has the second best looking overhead action, but the Sung's overhead style is the best. I wish I could have that kind of style of hitting, maybe I should analyse her style bit by bit and copy it! lol. I have been always envious of elegant and effortless overhead hitting style of other players. They look so stylish.
Unfortunately, her action is quite slow, and a lack of stomach muscles means her recovery against punch clears is slow. I think that's why she's been struggling for the last year or so.
Her style of play is unfortunately is lethargic and has no stamina. She gives the impression that she is tired even early in the match.
Any news of Sung Ji Hyun? Today at the Macau Open, she lost in two straight sets by the score of 21-17 and 21-10 to Wang Zhiyi perhaps suggested she's not fully recovered from her supposed injury last week when she retired her match with Zhang Beiwen in R2 of the Denmark Open.
Wedding Greetings to SJY and SWH..May God bless you two with the best and thanks to both of you for giving us badminton fans the best of our sport through your play. Wish you both lots of happiness and prayers !!
Korean singles stars Wan-ho and Ji-hyun set to tie the knot Saturday, 09 May 2020 https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/ba...-stars-wan-ho-and-ji-hyun-set-to-tie-the-knot PETALING JAYA: South Korea’s singles stars Son Wan-ho and Sung Ji-hyun are set to be the latest married couple in badminton. According to the Korean media, the 31-year-old Wan-ho and Ji-hyun, 28, will tie the knot in December, joining the other illustrious list of high-profile couples in the sport. The other notable husbands and wives, who are also their country’s badminton icons, include Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei-Wong Mew Choo; Indonesia’s 1992 Barcelona Olympics champions Alan Budi Kusuma-Susi Susanti; China’s Lin Dan-Xie Xingfang, Chen Long-Wang Shixian; and India’s P. Kashyap, -Saina Nehwal. ===================================================
did korea forget about their own 2x world champion & 4x all england champion kim dong-moon/ra kyung-min? embarassing.
Interesting. Yes, you do have to dig a little deeper to come up with badminton couples in Korea comprised of singles players. The highest-profile I can think of would be Sung's parents, although by the time they married, Kim Yun Ja had more or less converted to doubles. She did win the All England in singles in '86, though.
There are actually three: Badminton Korea is the one that ran this story on Sung and Son. There is also Wolgan Badminton and Badminton Magazine.
