Nam Ji-sung and Park 의-seong Reach Men's Doubles Final... Seeking First Gold Medal in 12 Years

Nam Ji-sung (Dangjin City Hall) and Park 의-seong (Daegu City Hall) are now just one win away from capturing South Korea's first tennis gold medal at the Asian Games in 12 years.

The pair defeated Chinese Taipei's Ho Chun-hsu and Hsu Yu-hsiou 2-1 (7-6<7-3> 2-6 11-9) in 1 hour and 33 minutes during the men's doubles semifinals of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games held at the Higashiyama Park Tennis Center in Nagoya, Japan, on October 1.

After winning the first set through a tiebreak, South Korea dropped the second set.

However, they secured their spot in the final by winning the deciding match tiebreak 11-9.

Seeded second, Nam and Park received a bye in the first round, followed by a come-from-behind victory against a Japanese pair, and defeated Thailand's Pruchya Isaro and Maximus Jones in the quarterfinals.

The South Korean national tennis team had set a goal of winning up to four gold medals at this tournament, but players were eliminated in both the men's and women's singles.

Kwon Soon-woo retired just 11 minutes into the third round of the men's singles due to a left knee injury, and Ku Yeon-woo failed to advance past the second round of the women's singles.

Park So-hyun and Jung Bo-young withdrew from the second round of the women's doubles due to Park So-hyun coming down with the flu.

The pairs of Kwon Soon-woo and Hong Seong-chan, Jang Su-jeong and Baek Da-yeon, as well as two mixed doubles teams, were also eliminated.

Now, the final hope for a tennis gold medal for South Korea rests on Nam Ji-sung and Park 의-seong.

South Korea's last tennis gold medal at the Asian Games was won 12 years ago at the 2014 Incheon Games by Lim Yong-kyu and Chung Hyeon in the men's doubles.

Nam and Park will compete for the gold medal in the final on October 2 against the winner of the match between China's Zhang Fumin and Zhang Tianhui and Japan's Kusuhara Yusuke and Nakagawa Shunsuke.

(Photo courtesy of the Korea Tennis Association, Yonhap News)
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