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Hyun-Jung and Soon-Woo Kwon (Dangjin City Hall) progressed to the quarter-finals of the Eugene Investment & Securities Korea Open Men’s Professional Tennis Tour (ATP) (total prize money: $ 1,237,570).
Group Hyeon Jeong and Soon-woo Kwon defeated Hans Verdugo (Mexico) and Treat Huey (Philippines) 2-1 (2-6 6-2 10-8) in the first round of the third day of doubles at Olympic Park tennis court of Songpa-gu, Seoul on 28..
Jeong Hyeon, who wrote the myth that he was the first Korean player to advance to the semifinals of a major tournament at the Australian Open in 2018, decorated his return match with a win after two years.
Hyeon Chung has not played from the September 2020 French Open due to a recent back injury.
In the match which took place on a weekday evening with many spectators visiting the stadium, the team between Jeonghyeon and Kwon Sunwoo lost the first set 2-6.
However, in the second set, the Korean group, led by Jeong-hyeon, who had a unique backhand and a sense of play, won the second set 6-2 and brought the game back to the start.
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The last three sets, played with the tie-break of the match, were a tight match up to 8-8.
At the end of the match, Jeong-hyeon’s performance stood out.
In 7-7 he scored 8-7 with an excellent serve point, and in 8-8 he scored with a volley to net for 9-8 match points.
The ending was up to Kwon Soon-woo.
Kwon Soon-woo ended the first round, which lasted 1 hour and 12 minutes, with a lob that passed the opponent’s key in a rally situation.
In the second round, Hyun-Jung and Soon-Woo Kwon face Andre Goransson (Sweden) and Ben McLachlan (Japan) in the second round.
In the doubles standings, Goranson is 72nd, MacLachlan is 83rd and Kwon Soonwoo is 288th.
Jung Hyeon hasn’t been ranked in the past two years.
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In the previous game, Song Min-gyu (229th, doubles ranking, KDB Industrial Bank) and Nam Ji-seong (239th, Sejong City Hall) also progressed to the quarter-finals.
The group Song Min-kyu and Nam Ji-seong defeated Robert Galloway (89th) and Alex Lawson (107th, USA) 2-1 (3-6 6-3 11-9).
In the quarter-finals, Song Min-kyu and Nam Ji-sung will meet second-seed Nicholas Barientos (67th, Colombia) and Miguel Angel Reyes Barella (76th, Mexico) in the quarter-finals.
If Jeong-hyeon and Kwon Soon-woo and Song Min-gyu and Nam Ji-seong all reach the semifinals, they will face each other in the semifinals.
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In the singles match, Denis Shapovalov (24th, singles standings, Canada) defeated Jaume Munnar (59th, Spain) 2-0 (7-5 6-4) to go first to the quarter-finals.
Shapovalov, who reached the quarter-finals in Wimbledon last year, will face Radu Albot (91st, Moldova) in the quarter-finals.
/ yunhap news
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