“I even completed the full marathon course.” The 168cm little giant defeated a junior 9 years younger than him to become the champion.

Seo Kwon (33, Incheon Sports Council), a veteran of Korean men's soft tennis, became the first open tournament champion in Korea.

Seo Kwon beat Hwang Bo-eun (24, Eumseong-gun Office) 4-2 in the men's singles final of the 2023 Sunchang Open Comprehensive Soft Tennis Tournament held at the public stadium in Sunchang-gun, Jeollabuk-do on the 4th. He won a thrilling come-from-behind victory by giving up one or two games first and winning four games down.

He became the first champion of the Sunchang Open. The competition was established in March by the Korea Soft Tennis Association (Chairman Jeong In-sun) and Sunchang-gun (Governor Choi Young-il) to revitalize sports and the local economy. A total of 200 athletes (135 domestic and 65 overseas) from eight countries, including South Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines and Indonesia, participated.

In particular, Seo Kwon overcame the physical burden of nine years old and reached the top. Although he is in his mid-30s, he beat Hwang Bo-eun with great endurance enough to complete the full marathon course. 토토

The start was not good. Seo Kwon was overwhelmed by Hwang Bo-eun, who played a phenomenal defense in the first and second games.

However, he gradually recovered the game with the veteran's skill. Seo Kwon won three games after a deuce battle, losing his opponent's physical strength with a stroke that stabbed left and right corners, and using a tactic of using a short properly.

Hwang Bo-eun seemed to have exhausted her physical strength in defense in the early stages, and her concentration was reduced by committing a double fault after the middle of the game. In the end, Seo Kwon ended the game by attacking the left and right corners more sharply and inducing Hwang Bo-eun's error.

Due to Seo Kwon's persistence, Hwang Bo-eun unfortunately remained in second place. Hwang Bo-eun is the younger brother of Hwang Bo-min (26) of Mungyeong City Hall and is active as a brother and sister player.

After winning the championship, Seo Kwon said, "In fact, I remember losing to Hwang Bo-eun during the Autumn Business Federation match," adding, "I was embarrassed because I took over the early short well today as well." "However, I was able to win because of the strategy of shaking left and right with a stroke," he said with a bright smile.

I'm confident about one thing of physical strength. Seo Kwon hinted, "I ran 42.195km in 3 hours and 30 minutes when I was in Inha University." He then looked back, saying, "I wanted to test whether I could play, but I was proud."

Seo Kyu-jae, the head coach of his team and the national men's team, is also praised. Coach Seo said, "He is a sincere player who only knows training," adding, "Even if he is short, he can maintain his top skills in Korea." Seo Kwon is 168 centimeters tall, the shortest in Korea.

In this year's national team selection match, Seo Kwon unfortunately failed to participate in the Hangzhou Asian Games. He reached the singles final as the first place in the selection match, but lost to Kim Tae-min (Suwon City Hall), who came up through the loser revival match, and missed the Asian Games ticket. However, Seo Kwon is a standing army and will accompany Hangzhou as a training partner for the participating players.

Seo Kwon said, "It's a shame, but I'll learn more by watching the Asian Games," adding, "There is the Anseong World Championships in Gyeonggi Province next year and I want to win two consecutive Sunchang Open titles." Director Seo expressed his teacher's affection, saying, "I'm single, but I hope I can start a family as soon as possible by receiving a lot of prize money so that I don't get married late at the age of 40 like me."