Lee Hyun Ill beating China’s former World Champion, Chen Jin

Korea’s most experienced shuttler, Lee Hyun Ill had to work hard to win his Men’s Singles semi-final after beating China’s former World Champion, Chen Jin in the 2011 Korea Open Grand Prix Gold, in Korea, on Saturday, December 10.

2011 Korea Open Grand Prix Gold
Lee Hyun Il

The left-handed Korean delivered phenomenal performance in the opening set of the match. While, Chen Jin struggled hard to find a good flow but failed to anticipate the variations of his world number 11 Korean rival. The Korean set up a good lead in the opening games with a score 21-17.

But Chen Jin played wonderful badminton in the opening second set and easily took it with an impressive margin. He was perfect in his shot selection as his strokes laded in the right areas of his opponent’s court. Chen Jin force the rubber games after taking this games 21-13.

In the last games, Lee Hyun played in the similar style as he maintained his pressure on Chen Jin, who tried to put up strong resistance but failed to level the match as his opponent was playing far better badminton. Lee Hyun played at his best speed and remained successful in taking the game with a tight score of 21-18.

Lee Hyun, who is the third seed, finished up the match in rubber games by working for one hour 20 minutes in the court.

In the final Lee Hyun will face his compatriot Wan Ho Shon, who defeated the 22-year-old Arif, who is currently World Number 64 in the other semi-final in the 2011 Korea Open Grand Prix Gold

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