Jang Su-jeong shows off her powerful serve during the Hana Bank Korea Open doubles match on the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour on the 19th. Yonhap News
Unfortunately, Korean players have left the country’s only professional tennis tour early.
Women’s tennis star Jang Su-jeong (Daegu City Hall) lost in the quarterfinals of the doubles at the Hana Bank Korea Open (total prize money of $1 million) held at the Olympic Park Tennis Court in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 19th. Jang Su-jeong, who paired up with 2017 US Open singles winner Sloane Stephens (USA), lost 0-2 (4-6 4-6) to the third seeds Miyu Kato (Japan) and Zhang Shuai (China).
Jang Su-jeong met Stevens for the first time in this tournament and worked together. In the first round on the 16th, she defeated Ayla Tomlianovic (Australia) and Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) 2-0 (6-4 6-2).
However, they failed to advance to the semifinals due to failure to beat the doubles specialists. Zhang Shuai recently won the US Open women’s doubles runner-up, and Kato Miyu won the French Open mixed doubles last year.
Jang Su-jeong, ranked 234th in the world in singles, lost in the first round of the singles at this tournament on the 17th. She lost to Tomrianovic in the first round of the main draw with a set score of 1 to 2 (6-7 6-4 3-6).
After the match, Jang Su-jeong said, “I regret not being able to show everything I prepared, both in the US Open qualifiers and this tournament.” She continued, “But I still feel like I’m getting better,” adding, “This tournament was a good experience, although it’s disappointing.”
With Jang Su-jeong’s defeat, all domestic players in this tournament were eliminated. Baek Da-yeon (319th, NH Nonghyup Bank) upset the 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko (12th, Latvia) by 2-1 (3-6 6-1 7-6) last year, but lost to Carol Zhao (265th, Canada) by 0-2 (4-6 1-6) in the first round this year. Park So-hyun (366th, Seongnam City Hall) lost to Zhao by 1-2 in the second round of the preliminary round.
2024-09-19 14:59:17