Kwon Soon-woo (54th, Dangjin City Hall) won the Australian Open tennis tournament (total prize money of 75 million Australian dollars, regarding 64.4 billion won) thanks to an injury to his opponent.
Kwon Soon-woo defeated Holger Rune (99th, Denmark) 3-2 (3-6 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-2) following a full set in the first round of the men’s singles match held in Melbourne, Australia on the 17th.
With this, Soon-Woo Kwon succeeded in hunting for the first victory in the Australian Open finals.
Kwon Soon-woo previously competed in the finals three times in 2018, 2020, and 2021, and was eliminated in the first round. In 2019, they were eliminated from the preliminary round. It means that the 5th challenge in 4 battles over 5 years.
It is the fourth time Kwon Soon-woo has reached the second round in the four major tennis tournaments, following the 2020 US Open (excluded in the second round), last year’s French Open (excluded in the third round), and Wimbledon (excluded in the second round).
Kwon Soon-woo will play the second round with the winner of the match between Denis Shapovalov (14th, Canada) and Laszlo Zere (51st, Serbia).
Kwon Soon-woo started uneasy by allowing a break without scoring a single point in his first sub game in the first set. The 5th sub game was also broken and the set was abandoned.
In the second set, Kwon Soon-woo turned the tide by breaking Rune’s second subgame. The 3rd sub game was lost, but the momentum was maintained by bringing the next Rune’s sub game immediately, and in the end, the set score was 1-1.
However, the flow of the game changed once more in the third set. While Rune continued to dominate the power, Kwon Soon-woo had a higher success rate in net play and took the set.
Kwon Soon-woo lost the first sub game of the 4th set to Rune, and his defeat grew, but luck came to him this time.
Rune began to feel pain in her leg. He mightn’t even support Kwon Soon-woo’s serve in the 7th game.
Kwon Soon-woo eventually took 4 sets and drove the match to the final set.
Kwon Soon-woo, who continued the flow, confirmed the victory in 3 hours and 5 minutes. yunhap news
