Korean men's doubles star Jung Jae Sung has been playing at his home Open every year since the beginning of the millennium.

The 29-year-old made his first waves here back in 2005, when he and then partner Lee Jae Jin, charged with filling the void left by six of Korea’s doubles veterans who had all retired, had beaten the defending champions and world #1’s in the second round, before falling in the semi-finals.

Jung won his first Korea Open back in 2007 in his second outing at home with current partner Lee Yong Dae. Since then, they have reached four more finals and won two more titles.

Perhaps their biggest win came in 2010. With Lee Yong Dae nursing an elbow injury, the Koreans played a thrilling final against China’s Cai/Fu, who had beaten them in the 2009 World Championship final, and pulled off their second title. At the time, Jung dedicated the victory to his mother, who had died in late ’09 and who he insisted was there to watch them win.

In 2012, though, the three-time champions couldn’t find a way past the world #1’s and had to let the men’s doubles title at the 2012 Victor Korea Open, one of five OSIM BWF World Superseries Premier events, sail back to China with 2008 champions Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng……………………………….. FULL ARTICLE