[ASIAN GAMES] Kwon Soon-woo exits tennis singles in third round due to injury

NAGOYA, Japan — Korea's Kwon Soon-woo retired from his third-round men's singles match due to a knee injury at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday, with all four Korean singles players failing to reach the knockout stage. During his men's singles third-round match against Khumoyun Sultanov of Uzbekistan at Higashiyama Park Tennis Center in Nagoya, Japan, Kwon retired due to a knee injury when he was trailing 3-0 in the first set. It was Kwon's fifth match at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, following two singles and two doubles matches. With Kwon's exit, all four Korean singles players have been eliminated from medal contention. Hong Seong-chan lost in the men's singles second round, while Back Da-yeon and Ku Yeon-woo were eliminated in the women's second round. Korea secured at least a bronze medal in the men's doubles on Wednesday, as Nam Ji-sung and Park Ui-sung advanced to the semifinals. In the quarterfinals, Nam and Park defeated Pruchya Isaro and Maximus Jones of Thailand 2-0 (6-2, 6-3), giving Korea its second straight men's doubles medal. With no bronze medal matches in t