Hyerin Kim/Minhyeon Yoo (Gangwon, KOR) lost
12-6 to
Seonyeong Kim/Yeongseok Jeong (Gangwon, KOR) in the Final of the Korean Mixed Doubles National Championship, held July 21 - 29 in Jincheon, Korea. To advance to the championship game, Kim/Yoo won
7-5 over
Min Ji Kim/ByeongJin Jeong (Gyeonggi, KOR) in the semifinals of the Korean Mixed Doubles National Championship in Jincheon, Korea; and won
7-6 over
Sujin Kim/Chang-Min Kim (Gangwon, KOR) in the quarterfinals. of the Korean Mixed Doubles National Championship in Jincheon, Korea;
Kim/Yoo finished 7-1 in the 25-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kim/Yoo defeated
Eunjin Shin/Byeongwook Jeon (Chungbuk, KOR) 6-2, then won
10-2 against
Yeji Hwang/Hyoik Park (Gyeonggi, KOR). Kim/Yoo went on to lose
5-4 against
Jiyoon Kim/Kijeong Lee (Seoul, KOR). Kim/Yoo responded with a
5-4 win over
Yubin Park/Jeongmin Kim (Seoul, KOR). Kim/Yoo won
9-5 against
Seojin Park/Jae Ik Jeon (Gyeongbuk, KOR), then won
8-3 against
Bobae Kang/Kibok Lee (Jeonbuk, KOR) and
6-5 against
Kyeongae Kim/Jihoon Seong (Gangwon, KOR). Kim/Yoo won
13-1 against
Suryeong Kim/Juni Kwon (Daegu, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Korean Mixed Doubles National Championship, Kim/Yoo take home
22.000 world rankings points. For week 2 of the event schedule, Kim/Yoo did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 364th to 371st place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with
0.000 total points. Kim/Yoo ranks 201st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
0.000 points earned so far this season.
