LEE Eunhye and CHOI Hyojoo booked their place from Women’s Doubles – Semifinal – Match 2 with a 3-0 victory over SATO Hitomi and SHIBATA Saki, closing the contest 11-9, 11-9, 11-6 in the official World Table Tennis match-center record.
The result mattered because it settled the semifinal in three tight-to-comfortable games: two deuce-free finishes at 11-9 followed by a more decisive third game, with LEE/CHOI converting match point at 10-6 to complete the sweep.
How the semifinal was decided game by game
The opening game was defined by a late push from LEE/CHOI to turn a close scoreboard into a 11-9 finish. The official sequence shows the game reaching 9-9 before LEE/CHOI took the final two points to seal it, moving ahead 1-0 in games.
Game 2 followed a similar script, with both pairs trading points through the middle stages and neither side able to create a decisive gap. The official commentary logs the score moving through 4-4 and 6-6, then into the closing stretch where LEE/CHOI edged in front. With the game at 10-8, LEE/CHOI called a timeout (recorded as started and ended) before play resumed. SATO/SHIBATA pulled one point back to 10-9, but LEE/CHOI won the next point to take the game 11-9 and extend the match lead to 2-0.
Down two games, SATO/SHIBATA needed a response in the third, and the early stages showed them staying in touch. The official point-by-point progression indicates the game reaching 1-1 and then 2-1 and 3-1 in SATO/SHIBATA’s favour, before LEE/CHOI worked their way back into the lead. From 3-2, LEE/CHOI collected points to move ahead, and the game continued to swing with frequent service changes noted throughout the match-center feed.
A key moment arrived when SATO/SHIBATA used a timeout in Game 3 (recorded as started and ended) with the score at 5-4 to LEE/CHOI. Immediately after the stoppage, LEE/CHOI won the next point to push the margin to 6-4, and they continued to build from there. The official record shows LEE/CHOI moving through 7-4 and 8-5, then 9-5, putting the match firmly in their control.
At 10-6 in Game 3, the match-center commentary marked Match POINT for LEE Eunhye/CHOI Hyojoo with the match score at 2-0. LEE/CHOI then won the point to close the game 11-6, and the official confirmation followed: Women’s Doubles – Semifinal – Match 2 won by LEE Eunhye/CHOI Hyojoo, Match Score 0-3 from SATO/SHIBATA’s perspective.
Key notes from the official match-center log
The match featured multiple momentum-management moments, with timeouts recorded for both pairs: one timeout sequence for LEE/CHOI during Game 2, and one for SATO/SHIBATA during Game 3. The official commentary also logged 29 service changes, reflecting the steady rotation and the tight exchanges that shaped the first two games in particular.
Ultimately, the difference was at the business end of each game. LEE/CHOI finished Game 1 by winning from 9-9 to 11-9, repeated the 11-9 scoreline in Game 2 after holding off a late point at 10-9, and then converted their advantage in Game 3 by taking match point at 10-6 and closing out 11-6 for a straight-games semifinal win.