(LEAD) (Asiad) S. Korean team reaches men's doubles final in tennis
NAGOYA, Japan, Oct. 1 (Yonhap) -- Nam Ji-sung and Park Ui-sung advanced to the men's doubles final in tennis at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Thursday, moving within a win of South Korea's first tennis title in 12 years.
Nam and Park defeated Ho Chenjui and Hsu Yu-hsiou of Chinese Taipei 2-1 (7-6 (7-3), 2-6, 11-9) in the semifinals at Higashiyama Park Tennis Center in Nagoya, central Japan.
In the final scheduled for Friday, the South Korean team will face Yusuke Kusuhara and Shunsuke Nakagawa of Japan. The Japanese team beat Jiang Fumin and Zhang Tianhui of China 2-1 (6-4, 0-6, 10-6) in the second semifinal match of Thursday.
South Korea has not produced an Asiad tennis champion since Chung Hyeon and Lim Yong-kyu won the men's doubles gold medal in 2014.
South Korea had set out to take home four gold medals in tennis, but all singles players were knocked out well before medal contention in their tournaments, while the women's doubles and the mixed doubles teams were also sent packing early.
Nam Ji-sung (L) and Park Ui-sung of South Korea pose after beating Ho Chenjui and Hsu Yu-hsiou of Chinese Taipei in the men's doubles semifinals in tennis at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Higashiyama Park Tennis Center in Nagoya, Japan, on Oct. 1, 2026, in this photo provided by the Korea Tennis Association. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
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