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  "id": 8599838,
  "title": "(Asiad) S. Korea wins women's team bronze in soft tennis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/asiad-s-korea-wins-womens-team-bronze-in-soft-tennis",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-20T03:41:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yonhap News",
    "slug": "yonhap-news",
    "url": "https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260920002200315"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Sunday, South Korea claimed a bronze medal in the women's team event of soft tennis at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. This marked South Korea's first medal in the sport during the 2023 Asian Games. The team's journey to the medal podium was fraught with challenges, as they lost the semifinal match to Chinese Taipei 2-1 at the Nagoya City Higashiyama Park Tennis Center. Unlike previous rounds, there was no separate bronze medal contest; the two teams that lost in the semifinals both earned bronze medals.\n\nEarlier in the day, the Philippines secured their first bronze medal, following a loss to Japan. Soft tennis matches are conducted in a best-of-three format. A team must win two out of three matches to secure victory. Each match consists of two best-of-nine doubles games and one best-of-seven singles game. In the opening doubles match, South Korea's Lee Su-jin and Kim Han-sul were defeated by Chinese Taipei's Hsu Chiao-ying and Huang Shih-yuan with a score of 5-4. Following this, South Korea's Hwang Jeong-mi bounced back from a 3-2 deficit to defeat Chiang Min-yu 4-3 in the singles match. However, in the final doubles match, Eom Ye-jin and Kim Yeon-hwa fell short against Zhou Yan-zhen and Lo Shu-ting with a score of 5-4. The South Korean men were also set to face Chinese Taipei in their own team's semifinals later that day.",
  "summary": "NAGOYA, Japan, Sept. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea won bronze in the women's team e...",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "(Asiad) S. Korea to start gold medal campaign on 1st day of medal events",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/asiad-s-korea-to-start-gold-medal-campaign-on-1st-day-of-medal-events",
        "published": "2026-09-19T21:00:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Shin Ji-eun wins bronze in cycling for S. Korea's 1st medal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/shin-ji-eun-wins-bronze-in-cycling-for-s-koreas-1st-medal",
        "published": "2026-09-20T02:22:03.000Z"
      }
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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."
}