South Korea’s doubles teams of Lim Jong-hoon-Oh Jun-sung (both Korea Exchange) and Kim Na-young-Yoo Han-na (POSCO International) advanced to the finals at WTT Star Contender Chennai 2026, keeping alive the chance of a double title run.
Lim and Oh reached the men’s doubles final by sweeping India’s Harmeet Desai and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran 3-0 (11-2, 11-3, 12-10) in the semifinals on Feb. 13 local time in Chennai, India.
After taking the first two games comfortably, the Koreans were pushed to deuce in the third but closed it out 12-10.
The pair, who won the WTT Star Contender events in Muscat and Skopje last year, will play France’s Thibault Poret and Flavien Coton for the title.
In the women’s doubles semifinals, Kim and Yoo beat India’s Hadi Patel and Laxita Narang 3-0 (11-4, 11-4, 11-6).
The world No. 4 team, which won titles last year in Taiyuan, Lagos and Skopje, will face Japan’s Sakura Yokoi and Sachi Aoki in the final.
In singles, five South Koreans advanced to the round of 16: Oh Jun-sung and Park Kang-hyun (Mirae Asset Securities) in the men’s draw, and Kim Na-young, Joo Cheon-hee (Samsung Life Insurance) and Lee Eun-hye (Korean Air) in the women’s draw.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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