Swaythling_Mag_112-1 (2023_04_26)

Won Bae
Chulong Nie
Date of birth: 12th July 2008.
Best match at the World Youth Championships: against China’s
Date of birth: 14th October 2007
Best match at the World Youth Championships: at the semi-final
City of birth: Sydney, New South Wales
Kang Youde in the final.
City of birth: Jilin, China
stage against France when I beat Flavien Cotton.
Residence: Sydney, New South Wales
Residence: Sydney, New South Wales
Playing strength: I am able to control and create opportu-
Family: brother Hwan, parents Teddy Bae and Jay Kim.
Playing strength: strong forehand topspin.
Family: elder sisters Nie Mingyao and Nie Mingxuan, parents
nities with the long pimples and thus make good openings
First played table tennis: six years old at Kim’s table tennis
Areas for improvement: backhand topspin and service
Nie Hongpu and Wang Yiping
for my forehand.
club in Sydney
variation.
First played table tennis: 10 years old in 2017 in Sydney
Racket blade: Xiom An Jaehyun FL
Racket blade: custom made racket FL
Areas for improvement: a better receive, then it will make it
Forehand rubber: Tibhar K3
Most important lessons learnt from the World Youth Championships?
Forehand rubber: Doubles Happiness Hurricane 3
harder for my opponents to attack.
Backhand rubber: Xiom Omega 7 Asia.
Never give up and keep challenging.
Backhand rubber: Tibhar Grass D.TecS
Most important lesson learnt from the World Youth Champi-
Other sports: soccer and basketball.
Immediate aims: become 2023 under 15 world champion.
Other sports: skiing
onships: the biggest lesson is that anything is possible as
Supporter: Manchester United Football Club.
Supporter: Australia table tennis teams
long as you believe.
Favourite sporting personality: Kobe Bryant.
Favourite sporting personality: Ma Long
Weekly training: six days per week, three to four hours per
Weekly training: six to eight hours each day
Immediate goals: I want to win my age group in the national
day
championships and qualify for the 2024 Olympics; also, to
Reasons for success at the World Youth Championships: three
win the under 19 boys’ singles at the Oceania Champion-
Reasons for your success at the World Youth Championships:
months before, my coach, Zhang Shaoping, looked at
ships, and reach the semi-finals at the World Youth Cham-
harmony with team coach and team players, well-or-
most of the players that I would encounter; we analysed
pionships.
ganised training programme.
them; from that information, we knew which areas I
needed to improve.
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