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Kwon Soon-woo of South Korea in action during the men's doubles quarter-final tennis match between South Korea and Japan at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center tennis court in Hangzhou, China, Sunday afternoon.
Men's tennis standout Kwon Soon-woo (Dangjin City Hall) has put the 'bad manners controversy' behind him and teamed up with Hong Sung-chan (Sejong City Hall) to reach the quarterfinals of the men's doubles event at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games and secure a bronze medal.
Kwon Sun-woo and Hong Sung-chan defeated Shinji Hazawa and Kaito Uesugi (JPN) 2-0 (6-2 6-4) in the men's doubles quarterfinals at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center in Hangzhou, China on Sunday.
The pair secured the bronze medal as the Asian Games do not hold separate third- and fourth-place matches after the semifinals.
They will face either Zhang Zhiqian-Wu Yibing (China) or Saketh Mineni-Ramkumar Ramanathan (India) in the quarterfinals.
Kwon Soon-woo, who was controversial after losing her individual match two days earlier, breezed to victory alongside Hong Sung-chan in this match.
Earlier, Kwon Soon-woo was involved in an "unsportsmanlike conduct controversy" when she threw her racket away and refused to shake hands with her opponent after losing 1-2 to Kassidit Samrej (THA) in the second singles match.
In the aftermath, Kwon apologized to her opponent and wrote a handwritten apology.
"We will take appropriate measures after a comprehensive review after the tournament," the organization said.
Meanwhile, Hong secured two bronze medals earlier in the day with a 2-1 (4-6 6-4 6-3) win over Wong Chak Lam (HK) in the singles quarterfinals.
Hong's quarterfinal opponent will be world No. 77 YOSUKE WATANUKI (Japan). Hong is ranked 198th in singles.
The women's doubles pair of Baek Da-yeon and Lee Jung-young (NH Bank) also reached the quarterfinals and secured a bronze medal. 카지노사이트존