(Asiad) S. Korea grabs men's doubles silver in tennis
NAGOYA, Japan, Oct. 2 (Yonhap) -- Nam Ji-sung and Park Ui-sung earned silver in the men's doubles in tennis at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday, South Korea's only medal from the sport at this competition.
Nam and Park lost to Yusuke Kusuhara and Shunsuke Nakagawa of Japan by 2-0 (6-3, 7-6 (7-4)) in the gold medal match at Higashiyama Park Tennis Center in Nagoya, central Japan.
This is South Korea's second straight men's doubles medal, following bronze by Kwon Soon-woo and Hong Seong-chan in 2023.
South Korea has not won an Asiad gold in tennis since Chung Hyeon and Lim Yong-kyu won the men's doubles crown in 2014.
Park Ui-sung (L) and Nam Ji-sung of South Korea react after winning a point against Yusuke Kusuhara and Shunsuke Nakagawa of Japan during the final of the men's doubles tennis event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Higashiyama Park Tennis Center in Nagoya, Japan, on Oct. 2, 2026, in this Associated Press photo. (Yonhap)
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