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[ASIAN GAMES] Kwon Soon-woo exits tennis singles in third round due to injury

NAGOYA, Japan — Korea's Kwon Soon-woo retired from his third-round men's singles match due to a knee injury at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday, with all four Korean singles players failing to reach the knockout stage. During his men's singles third-round match against Khumoyun Sultanov of Uzbekistan at Higashiyama Park Tennis Center in Nagoya, Japan, Kwon retired due to a knee…

[ASIAN GAMES] Kwon Soon-woo exits tennis singles in third round due to injury

Kwon Soon-woo, a Korean tennis player, exited the men's singles competition at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in the third round due to a knee injury. The incident occurred during his match against Uzbekistan's Khumoyun Sultanov at Higashiyama Park Tennis Center in Nagoya, Japan, where Kwon was trailing 3-0 in the first set. This marks the fifth appearance of Kwon in the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, having participated in both singles and doubles matches.

As a result of Kwon's injury, all four Korean singles players have been eliminated from medal contention. Korea's other singles players, Hong Seong-chan, Back Da-yeon, and Ku Yeon-woo, have also been eliminated from the competition.

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