In a group with Giron, he defeated the doubles group for the best result
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ahn Hong-seok = Korean men’s tennis player Kwon Soon-woo (Dangjin City Hall) made it to the round of 16 in doubles for the first time in a major tennis tournament.
Kwon Soon-woo and Marcos Giron (USA) and Aleksandr Nedovyesov (Kazakhstan) competed in a group with Marcos Giron (USA) in the men’s doubles second round (round 32) for the sixth day at the Australian Open (total prize of 75 million Australian dollars, about 64.4 billion won) held in Melbourne, Australia on the 22nd. )-Isam Ul Haq Kureshi (Pakistan) Joe 2-1 (1-6 6-3 7-6)<10-7>) was reversed.
Kwon Soon-woo made it to the third round of doubles (round of 16) for the first time in a major tournament. This is the first time Kwon Soon-woo has advanced to the second round of a major tournament.
Kwon Soon-woo made three major doubles finals at the 2020 Australian Open, French Open, and last year’s US Open, but was eliminated in the first round.
Kwon Soon-woo was eliminated in the second round for the first time in his career in the singles of this tournament.
Nedovyesov and Kureshi are professional doubles players who are ranked 70th and 42nd respectively in the doubles rankings. In particular, Kureshi is a strong player who once climbed to 8th in the doubles ranking.
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Kwon Soon-woo-Giron Joe struggled from the start against Nedovyesov-Kureshi Joe.
They gave up their first game in the first set as Love, and their first sub game that followed was also broken.
They kept the 6th game and just caught up with a score of 1-5, but the first set was the opponent’s.
Kwon Soon-woo and Ki-ron, who communicated without losing their smiles even when they were pushed, started a counterattack after adapting to the opponent’s serve and volley rhythm in the second set.
He broke the opponent’s sub game for the first time and took a 4-1 lead.
In their 7th sub game, Kwon Soon-woo and Kiron, they were pushed to 0-40 in their 7th sub game, but after persistently chasing, they kept the game score and weakened the opponent, and eventually balanced the set score with a set score of 1-1.
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The game was decided only with a tie-break in the third set. Kwon Soon-woo’s three strokes set the game apart
Kwon Soon-woo put the winner in 7-7 to create an 8-7 lead. Afterwards, Kwon Soon-woo’s two bitter attacks were all caught on the net, and the victory of Kwon Soon-woo and Ki-ron was confirmed.
Kwon Soon-woo and Giron will face off against Wesley Kulov (Netherlands) and Neil Skubski to advance to the quarterfinals.
Kulov and Skubski are professional doubles players who are ranked 21st and 20th in the doubles rankings respectively.
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