Park Jae-kyu and Kim Yeon-hwa secured a bronze medal in mixed doubles at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
The duo faced Japan's Uematsu Toshiki and Denma Rena in the mixed doubles semifinals on September 21 at the Higashiyama Park Tennis Center in Nagoya. They lost the match in 32 minutes with a score of 1-5 (5-7, 4-1, 4-6, 1-4, 3-5, 1-4).
Due to the unique format of the event, both teams that lost in the semifinals were awarded bronze medals, as there was no third-place match.
After dropping the first set to the world-renowned Uematsu-Denma pair, Park and Kim managed to equalize in the second set but ultimately fell short, losing four consecutive sets to the formidable opponents.
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