[Asian Games] Overcoming China’s Territoriality and Defeating Asia’s No. 1… Song Sera's 'Silver Day'
Fencing player Song Sera has a routine where she says to herself, “I can do it,” before competing.
On the 24th, when the women's epee individual event at the Hangzhou Asian Games was held, she seemed to have repeated those words with more force as she looked at Song Se-ra's round of 32 bracket. 카지노사이트
This is because, even though they received 5 wins in the full league match in the group and received the 1st seed, they had the misfortune of having strong opponents placed close to them.
Excluding Song Sera (5th), Asians in the world ranking 'Top 10' include 2nd place Vivian Kong (Hong Kong) and 9th place Sun Yiwen (China), and Song Sera faced them in succession in the semifinals and quarterfinals.
In her quarterfinal match against Sun Yi-wen, she even had to endure China's territoriality.
Sun Yiwen, who was ahead 9-8, suddenly checked his equipment with 1 minute and 16 seconds left in the game, delaying the game for a while.
Meanwhile, the Chinese crowd loudly chanted “Fighting, Sun Yiwen!”
It was a situation where the atmosphere could have been completely overshadowed, but Song Sera paid no heed and achieved a come-from-behind victory with consecutive goals as soon as the game resumed.
The next semifinal opponent was Vivian Kong, ranked number one in Asia.
At 178cm tall, Kong is a whopping 14cm taller than Song Se-ra (164cm).
However, Song Sera comfortably defeated Kong 15-11 based on her quick movements and detailed analysis skills.
Even though she lost to her national teammate Choi In-jeong in the final and missed out on the gold medal, she does not think that this runner-up finish was just disappointing for Song Sera.
After the awards ceremony, Song Se-ra, who won the silver medal, said, “This is my first Asian Games appearance, and when I saw the bracket, I thought (the match) would be difficult,” and added, “But I was in good condition, and (rather) I got the chance to play against world-class players..”
“I felt good that I was able to do it,” he said positively.
She said, "Even though I lost in the finals, I made meaningful and good memories by playing with Injeong.
I want to sincerely congratulate her."
Regarding Sun Yi-wen's delay in the game, he said, "I expected it because Chinese players do that kind of thing a lot.
I played the game thinking I should not worry about it mentally."
Regarding the match with Kong, which he was most wary of, he said, "It was not easy to win one point because he was a very good player.
I watched Kong's games a lot in Korea and learned his mannerisms and habits.
I think I prepared well and won." And it was restored.
He described himself as “small, but fast and focused” and pledged, “I will not be satisfied with this and will do my best to achieve good results in major tournaments in the future.”