{
  "id": 8642015,
  "title": "S. Korea wins women's team bronze in soft tennis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/s-korea-wins-womens-team-bronze-in-soft-tennis-8642015",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-20T08:07:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/sports/20260920/s-korea-wins-womens-team-bronze-in-soft-tennis"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "South Korea secured a bronze medal in the women's team event of soft tennis at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Sunday. This marked their first medal in the sport at this year's competition. Prior to this, the Philippines had claimed the first bronze after losing to Japan. The team matches were played in a best-of-three format, with the team advancing upon winning two matches. Each team played two best-of-nine doubles matches and one best-of-seven singles match.\n\nIn their first doubles match, South Korea's Lee Su-jin and Kim Han-sul were defeated by Hsu Chiao-ying and Huang Shih-yuan 5-4. In the subsequent singles match, Hwang Jeong-mi of South Korea battled Chiang Min-yu 4-3, overcoming an initial deficit. However, in the final doubles match, Eom Ye-jin and Kim Yeon-hwa were swept by Zhou Yan-zhen and Lo Shu-ting 5-4.",
  "summary": "NAGOYA, Japan — South Korea won bronze in the women's team event in soft tennis at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Sunday, its first medal in the sport at this year's competition. South Korea lost to Chinese Taipei 2-1 in the semifinals at Nagoya City Higashiyama Park Tennis Center in Nagoya, central Japan. There is no bronze medal contest in soft tennis and the two losers of the semifinals are…",
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        "published": "2026-09-20T06:48:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "S. Korea wins women's team bronze in soft tennis",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/s-korea-wins-womens-team-bronze-in-soft-tennis",
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      }
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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."
}