(LEAD) (Asiad) S. Korean team reaches men's doubles final in tennis

The South Korean men's doubles tennis team, comprising Nam Ji-sung and Park Ui-sung, advanced to the final at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Thursday. They defeated Chinese Taipei's Ho Chenjui and Hsu Yu-hsiou with a score of 2-1 (7-6 (7-3), 2-6, 11-9) in the semifinals held at Higashiyama Park Tennis Center in Nagoya, central Japan.

The final, scheduled for Friday, will see the South Korean team face off against the Japanese duo Yusuke Kusuhara and Shunsuke Nakagawa. The Japanese team beat China's Jiang Fumin and Zhang Tianhui with a score of 2-1 (6-4, 0-6, 10-6) in the second semifinal match on Thursday.

South Korea had targeted four gold medals in tennis at the Asian Games, but their singles players were eliminated early from their respective tournaments. The women's doubles and mixed doubles teams also faced early exits. The last time South Korea claimed a tennis gold at the Asian Games was in 2014, when Chung Hyeon and Lim Yong-kyu won the men's doubles gold medal.