‘Teenage sensation’ Oh Jun-sung (17, Mirae Asset Securities) won three titles at the National Men’s and Women’s Table Tennis Championships, the most prestigious table tennis tournament in Korea.Oh came from behind to defeat teammate Park Kyu-hyun (18) 3-2 (8-11 4-11 11-6 13-11 11-3) in the men’s singles final of the 77th Shinhan SOL National Men’s and Women’s Table Tennis Championships at Dangjin Indoor Gymnasium in Chungcheongnam-do on Friday.
Oh, who joined Mirae Asset Securities after dropping out of high school in the second half of last year, won his first career singles title after a year of unemployment.Oh, who was born in 2006, also broke the record for the youngest men’s singles winner at the tournament at the age of 17. Oh’s father, Oh Sang, won his first individual singles title at the 1999 tournament when he was 22.Oh had won the men’s doubles title with Park Kyu-hyun the day before, making it a double individual victory.He also won the team title, giving him a total of three titles.In the singles final, which was played as a ‘Battle of the Teens’, Park Gyu-hyun took the first two games with power, but Oh Jun-sung’s 온라인카지노 calm defense and timely counterattacks turned the match on its head.