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(Seoul = YonhapNews) Reporter Dongchan Kim = Kwon Soonwoo (71st, Dangjin City Hall) was eliminated in the first round of the men's singles final, the second major tournament of the season, the French Open tennis tournament (total prize money 43.6 million euros, about 58.6 billion won).
Kwon Soonwoo and Andrei Rublev in the first round of men's singles on the third day of the tournament at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France on the 24th (local time) (7th place Russia) lost 1-3 (7-6 <7-5> 3-6 2-6 4-6).
Kwon Soonwoo, who reached the second round of the Australian Open in January, the first major event of the year, could not cross the barrier of the first round at the French Open.
The prize money for being eliminated in the first round of the singles final of this tournament is 60,000 euros, or about 81 million won in Korean money.
Kwon Soonwoo lost three matches against Rublev, who was born in 1997
They met three times this year and lost all of them, and in February, the Dubai Duty Free Championship and this tournament, even after winning the first set, they could not keep the lead.
kwon Soonwoo scored 3 goals in a row in a tie-break 4-5 in the first set and won 7-5.
However, in the 2nd set game score of 3-3, they lost their first sub game on the day and the balance was broken to 3-6, and in the 3rd set, they gave up 4 games in a row after 2-2, allowing a comeback with a set score of 1-2.
After the first set, Kwon Soonwoo showed a slight decline physically and was pushed back in the ground stroke battle.
However, in his sub game, which started at 4-5, he could not overcome the initial 0-30 lead and lost in a close match in 2 hours and 56 minutes.
In terms of the number of successful attacks, they were relatively equal with 47-52, but were inferior in records such as serve ace 3-15 and errors 40-28.
Rublev is the top ranker who climbed to No. 5 in the world rankings in September last year. At last year's French Open.
Kwon Soonwoo advanced to the third round (the round of 32), which was his best record in a major event.
Kwon Soonwoo next schedule is the Serviton Trophy (total prize money of 134,920 euros) an
ATP challenger competition that opens in Serbiton, England on the 30th. Kwon Soon-woo will play the grass court season startig with the Serviton Trophy and ending at Wimbledon on June 27th.
Written By: KNETNEWS TEAM (EN)
Source: YONHAPNEWS (KR)
