S. Korea wraps up soft tennis competition with 2 bronzes at Asian Games

NAGOYA — South Korea's soft tennis team wrapped up its medal competition at the ongoing Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with three bronze medals after failing to earn a medal in the singles events Wednesday. In the men's singles quarterfinals at Nagoya City Higashiyama Park Tennis Center in Nagoya, central Japan, Lee Ha-neul lost 4-2 to Che Po-yi of Chinese Taipei. Lee battled to a 2-2 tie through the first four games but then lost two straight games to miss out on a place in the semifinals. Soft tennis singles matches are played in a best-of-seven format, with the first player to win four games taking the match. In the women's singles quarterfinals, Lee Su-jin fell 4-2 to Rena Temma of Japan, while Hwang Jeong-mi lost 4-2 to North Korea's Ri Jin-mi. Lee Su-jin lost three straight games against the Japanese opponent and earned two games but was unable to complete the comeback. In an all-Korean match, Hwang leveled the match at 2-2 after losing the first two games, but Ri then won the next two games to advance to the semifinals. Ri's semifinal berth secured North Korea a bronze medal. Soft tennis