[Nagoya AG] Silver in Men's Doubles Tennis... 12-Year Gold Medal Drought Continues

Nam Jiseong and Park Eeseong Lose 0-2 to Japan in Men's Doubles Final

Setback for Soonwoo Kwon Due to Knee Injury, Four-Gold Medal Target Missed

The team of Jiseong Nam (Dangjin City Hall) and Eeseong Park (Daegu City Hall) won the silver medal in the men's doubles tennis event.

On October 2, at the Higashiyama Park Tennis Center in Nagoya, Japan, Korea competed in the men's doubles final at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. Nam and Park lost to the Japanese team of Yusuke Kusuhara and Shunsuke Nakagawa in 1 hour and 31 minutes, with a set score of 0-2 (3-6, 6-7<4-7>). After dropping the first set, Nam and Park managed to force a tiebreak in the second set but were defeated 4-7 in the tiebreak.

Jiseong Nam (left) and Uiseong Park are talking after scoring a point in the men's doubles final tennis match at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held on the 2nd at Higashiyama Park Tennis Center in Nagoya, Japan. Nagoya=Yonhap News Agency

Korea, which had set a target of up to four gold medals at this tournament, finished with just one silver medal. The most recent Asian Games gold medal for Korean tennis was won by the pair Lim Yongkyu and Chung Hyeon in the men's doubles at the Incheon 2014 Games. Korea was unable to overcome setbacks such as Soonwoo Kwon withdrawing from the men's singles third round due to a left knee injury.

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