South Korean tennis fans disappointed by Chung's retirement with injury at Australian Open

Record ID: 991068

  • Title: South Korean tennis fans disappointed by Chung's retirement with injury at Australian Open
  • Date: 26th January 2018
  • Summary: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (JANUARY 26, 2018) (REUTERS) ****WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** SOUTH KOREAN FANS WALKING INSIDE AUDITORIUM AT SEOUL HIGH SCHOOL FOR WATCHING AUSTRALIAN OPEN SEMI-FINAL BETWEEN SOUTH KOREA'S CHUNG HYEON AND SWITZERLAND'S ROGER FEDERER BANNER SHOWING CHUNG AND LETTER READING (Korean): "PRIDE OF SOUTH KOREA / CHUNG HYEON" VARIOUS OF FANS CHEERING AND SCREEN SHOWING CHUNG (4 SHOTS) VARIOUS OF FANS WATCHING MATCH AND SIGHING (4 SHOTS) (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) 29-YEAR-OLD SOUTH KOREAN TENNIS FAN, KIM KI-WON, SAYING: "I'm so sorry that Chung Hyeon is defeated in the semi-finals by his withdrawal, but I think his journey has been really amazing. It is so true that he is the player who crops up once every hundred years or so for South Korea. I hope that he can be a bigger player who can win the semi-final or championship at a major by using today's match as momentum." (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) PRESIDENT OF KOREA TENNIS ASSOCIATION, KWAK YONG-WOON, SAYING: "I think what Chung Hyeon showed in this Australian Open is not luck but his splendid capacity which defeated world-class tennis players. He quit this semi-final match due to a foot injury, but he is young and major contests are waiting for him. I certainly believe Chung Hyeon will perform very well in his next tournaments." FAN BOWING HIS HEAD IN DISAPPOINTMENT
  • Embargoed: 9th February 2018 13:12
  • Keywords: tennis Chung Hyeon Australian Open
  • Location: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
  • City: SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
  • Country: South Korea
  • Topics: Sport,Tennis
  • Reuters ID: LVA0017ZR0RWF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: South Korean fans were disappointed after watching their country's tennis sensation Chung Hyeon retire with a blistered foot when trailing 6-1 5-2 to defending champion Roger Federer in the Australian Open semi-finals in Melbourne on Friday (January 26).
    About 200 fans gathered at an auditorium of a Seoul high school to watch the match, the first meeting between the 19-times grand slam champion Federer and the man whose stunning fourth-round victory over six-times Melbourne champion Novak Djokovic made the world sit up and take notice.
    Chung, the first South Korean to reach a grand slam semi-final, was bidding to become the first man to reach his first Tour level final at a grand slam since Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Australian Open 10 years ago.
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2018. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
  • Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
Register