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Korea’s soft tennis run in Asian Games ends without medals in any singles event

The team comes home with three bronze medals in the men’s and women’s team events and mixed doubles.

2026.9.23

Korea wins women's team bronze in soft tennis

Korea earned its first soft tennis medal at the Asian Games after a tight semifinal loss to Chinese Taipei.

2026.9.20

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Korean soft tennis player Mun Hye-gyeong poses for a photo after winning a gold medal in the women's singles at Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre in Hangzhou, China on Saturday. [YONHAP]

Korea rounds off soft tennis schedule with gold in women's contest

Korea added two more medals in soft tennis at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Saturday, with Mun Hye-gyeong winning gold and Yoon Hyoung-wook taking bronze on the last day of the tournament.

2023.10.7

Japan celebrates as Korea's Kim Hyun-soo, wearing blue, alongside Mun Hye-gyeong lose the mixed doubles soft tennis semifinal at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Thursday. [YONHAP]

Mixed doubles pair take bronze after hard-fought soft tennis semifinal

Korea took another bronze medal on the soft tennis court on Thursday, bested again by Japan during the semifinals of the mixed doubles team contest at the Hangzhou Asian Games.

2023.10.5

Korea's Yoon Hyoung-wook loses the singles match in the men's soft tennis team semifinal against Japan's Toshiki Uematsu at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Wednesday. [YONHAP]

Korea takes bronze twice in soft tennis after back-to-back losses to Japan

The Korean men's and women's soft tennis teams added two bronze medals at the Hangzhou Asian Games after each losing to Japan in the semifinals.

2023.10.4

Korea's Lee Min-seon wins the women's singles final of the 101st Dong-A Ilbo National Soft Tennis Tournament in May. [KOREAN SOFT TENNIS ASSOCIATION/YONHAP]

It's like tennis, but softer — and Korea is really good at it

Korea has historically dominated the soft tennis court, taking home the most medals from the sport at every Asian Games since its debut in 1994.

2023.10.3