South Korea strengthened its position at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games (held across several cities in Japan's Aichi Prefecture) with commanding performances in two disciplines. In baseball, the four-time defending champions routed Thailand 18-1, completing a perfect group stage campaign and securing a place in the Super Round, with grand slams from Park Jae-hyun and Park Jun-soon highlighting the rout — which ended early under the tournament's mercy rule. In women's badminton, South Korea defeated Malaysia 3-1 in the team event quarterfinals, led by world No. 1 An Se-young, setting up a semifinal clash against Japan's Akane Yamaguchi; the men's team, however, was eliminated by China 3-2 in a closely contested quarterfinal.