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Thanks to the performances of Park So-hyun and Kim Da-bin, Gangwon Provincial Office beat the starting team and took the top spot.
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The 107th National Sports Festival tennis women's and men's team finals were held.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ahn Hong-seok = Gangwon Province, where national team members Park So-hyun and Kim Da-bin played, took the top spot in the women's general tennis division at the National Sports Festival.
Gangwon Provincial Office, led by coach Kim Jin-hee, defeated the match starter with an overall record of 2-1 in the finals of the women's general tennis team event (2 singles, 1 doubles) of the 107th National Sports Festival held at the indoor court of Seogwipo Tennis Center in Jeju on the 21st.
Gangwon Provincial Office took the lead in the first singles match when Park So-hyun defeated Park Eun-young (Suwon City Hall) 2-0 (6-2 6-1).
In the second singles, match starter Kim Chae-ri (Bucheon City Hall) defeated Kim Da-bin 2-1 (3-6 6-4 7-6<7-4>) after a fierce battle in 3 hours and 4 minutes to bring the game back to square one.
In the final doubles, the pair of Park So-hyun and Kim Da-bin defeated the pair of Kim Chae-ri and Lim Hee-rae (Uijeongbu City Hall) 2-0 (6-4 6-1), confirming Gangwon Provincial Office's championship.
Park So-hyun, who is moving the team to Seongnam City Hall after this competition, said, "I wasn't in 100% condition this time, but I did my best. It's good to finish the last stage well with the coach."
In the men's general team event, the starting team of Jeong Yun-seong (Anseong City Hall), Kim Dong-ju (Gimpo City Hall), and Cho Sung-woo (Bucheon City Hall) defeated the Chungnam team 2-1 in the final and won the gold medal.
The match selection was in jeopardy as Kim Dong-ju lost 0-2 (4-6 2-6) to Hong Seong-chan (Dangjin City Hall) in the 1st singles match.
However, in the second singles match, Yunseong Jeong won by withdrawal from Soonwoo Kwon (Chungnam Sports Council), bringing the match back to square one. While Jeong Yun-seong was leading 5-4 in the first set, Kwon Soon-woo withdrew due to a left knee injury.
In the doubles match that followed, the team of Kwon Soon-woo and Hong Seong-chan withdrew again while trailing 3-6, 0-3 behind the team of Jeong Yun-seong and Cho Seong-woo, confirming their victory.
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