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  "id": 10942169,
  "title": "[ASIAN GAMES] Kwon Soon-woo exits tennis singles in third round due to injury",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/asian-games-kwon-soon-woo-exits-tennis-singles-in-third-round-due-to",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-30T12:52:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/sports/20260930/asian-games-kwon-soon-woo-exits-tennis-singles-in-third-round-due-to-injury"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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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        "title": "(Asiad) Kwon Soon-woo exits Asian Games singles tennis in 3rd round due to injury",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/asiad-kwon-soon-woo-exits-asian-games-singles-tennis-in-3rd-round-due",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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