Korean Tennis Players Reached the 2nd Round of Major Game for the First Time Together

Korean tennis players reached the 2nd round of Major Game for the first time together.

In the 1st round of woman’s singles of Australia Open (total prize money of USD 10,610,000) which is the first Grand Slam Tennis Game held in Melbourne , Australia on January 14. 64th place in the world ranking, Cho Yun-jeong won the game with Eva Deerberg (104th place in the world ranking) by a score of 2-0(6-3,6-3).

After Lee Hyeong-taek (27, Samsung Securities) in the men’s singles of last day, two Korean players passed the first round of the Major Game for the first time.

It is the first time that Cho Yun-jeong won in the Australia Open which she participated four times. She was dropped off at a preliminary content in 2000 and 2001, and disqualified in the first round of the main game last year.

She said, “I was nervous because I thought that the game is not worked out in Australia. However, I found my sense of game as time past. He gained benefits because of error of the other”. She was the winner of the semifinals in WTA Tour for two years.

Cho Yun-Jeong was raised in the round of 64 for the Major Game after she was raised to the third round of US Open last year. She will compete with Magdalena Maleeva for the round of 32 on January 16. Magdalena Maleeva made her pro debut in 1989 and gained 9 wins. She was the fourth place in the world ranking in 1996. Cho Yun-jeong said, “Magdalena Maleeva has a strong power, but is not kind of irregular style. I will have a good game with her”

Serena Williams of the international first ranking (US) defeated Emily Ruwat (France) by the score of 2-1(3-6,7-6,7-5).

Besides, Lee Hyeong-taek will compete with Andre Agassi of the second ranking in the second round on January 15. He cheered the game of Cho Yun-jeong after one-hour warming up. The game of Lee Hyeong-taek and Andre Agassi will be played as the third match in Road Lavor Arena in the noon (Korean time). KBS1TV plans to broadcast this game.

Jong-Seok Kim kjs0123@donga.com