Born in ’97… “I want to win a medal”
Kwon Soon-woo (24, sponsored by CJ, photo) is leading the Korean men’s tennis after Jung Hyun, a finalist at the 2018 Australian Open, collapsed due to injuries and sluggishness. He became a player who was trusted by fans. This is thanks to the continuous development after taking on the men’s professional tennis (ATP) tour challenge in 2019. In early 2019, the world ranking was raised from outside the top 200 to the top 100 at the end of that year, and last year, it once entered the top 60. He also won his first major tournament at the 2020 US Open. As it has grown for two years, there is an expectation that Kwon Soon-woo will rise to another level this year.
Kwon Soon-woo, who starts the 2021 season with the Delray Beach Open in Florida, USA on the 7th, is also filled with determination to meet these expectations. At an online press conference on the 5th, he said, “This year, the goal is to raise a lot of rankings to advance to the third round of the major competitions and to compete in the Olympics.”
He ended the season of excitement by finishing in the quarterfinals in all four competitions held until February, including the Delray Beach Open last year, but the season was stopped for a long time due to a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), and a good mood could not be maintained. . As a result of this, the ranking fell to the 95th place and has been devoted to winter training in Florida, USA since the end of November last year to regain momentum. In particular, he focused on attacking with speed and reinforcing stamina in order to compensate for the weakness of his rather small physique. Kwon Soon-woo was satisfied with the result, saying, “Because I completed winter training very well, I am in very good shape.”
Born in 1997, Soon-woo Kwon, who was born in 1997, did not hide his greed, saying, “I’m crazy once and want to win a medal” toward the Tokyo Olympics held in the year of Soti. To do this, first of all, it is necessary to raise the world ranking to the top 50, where stable Olympic participation is guaranteed. He said, “I think it’s possible because I climbed up to the top 69 and my goal was to reach 10th every year.”
The goal is to achieve better results in major competitions. Kwon Soon-woo, who moves to Melbourne, Australia, to participate in the Australian Open, which will open in early February after the Delray Beach Open, said, “This is the first major competition of the season, so if I can go up to the 3rd round, I will challenge a bigger goal in the remaining major competitions.” Came out.
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