The South Korean tennis team had a strong start on the first day of doubles and mixed doubles events at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
The duo of Kwon Soon-woo and Hong Sung-chan defeated Pakistan's Muzammil Murtaza and Aisam Ul Haq Qureshi in the men's doubles first round on September 28 at the Higashiyama Park Tennis Center in Nagoya, winning 2-0 (7-5, 6-4) after 1 hour and 50 minutes of play, advancing to the second round.
The two players, who won a bronze medal in men's doubles at the 2022 Hangzhou Games, successfully passed their first match together in this tournament.
In the second round, they will compete against Japan's Yusuke Kusuhara and Shunsuke Nakagawa for a spot in the quarterfinals.
The last gold medal for South Korean tennis at the Asian Games was in men's doubles at the 2014 Incheon Games. Kwon and Hong are aiming for their first gold medal in 12 years.
In mixed doubles, the pair of Koo Yeon-woo (CJ CheilJedang) and Shin Woo-bin (Military Sports Corps) defeated Thailand's Anchisa Chanta and Thanapet Chanta 2-0 (6-3, 6-2).
Another women's doubles team, Park So-hyun (Gangwon Provincial Office) and Jeong Bo-young (Andong City Hall), advanced to the second round after their opponents, Daria Shuvina and Sevil Yuldasheva from Uzbekistan, withdrew before the match.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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