comeback

Men’s tennis player Jung Hyeon (27) tasted his first victory after returning from injury in the preliminary round of Wimbledon, a major tournament, after only 5 matches and 6 matches.

Hyeon Chung hits a forehand against Dimitar Kuzmanov in the first round of the men’s singles preliminary round held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, England, on the 27th. /AFP Yonhap News

Chung Hyun beat Dimitar Kuzmanov (30th, Bulgaria, 183rd) with a set score of 2:1 (6-2 3-6) after 1 hour and 49 minutes in the first round of the men’s singles preliminary round held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, England on the 27th. 6-3).

Appearing in a white uniform, the Wimbledon dress code, Jeong Hyeon made a stable start in the first set by breaking the opponent’s serve game three times out of four opportunities. However, he made more mistakes (5-2) than his opponent in the second set, and the number of successful attacks (6-13) was more than doubled, and his momentum was dampened.

Jeong-hyeon did not give up and did not give a chance to break in the 3rd set.

The moment Kuzmanov’s last shot hit the net and the victory was confirmed, Chung Hyun waved back to the crowd and calmly left the court.

In 2018, at the Australian Open, one of the four major tournaments, Jeong Hyeon, who wrote the ‘four-final myth’, suffered from chronic back injuries and was unable to develop his talent. After losing the second round of the French Open men’s singles qualifying round in September 2020, he devoted himself to back injury treatment and rehabilitation training, and there was no official singles record for more than two years.

Then, Jeong-hyeon changed his stroke form and overcame chronic back injuries and returned to the court last April.

However, Jung-hyeon lost all 5 matches after his return, and he heard that ‘the era of Jung-hyeon will not come now’.

Following the Seoul Open and Busan Open Challengers held in Korea after obtaining a wild card ticket from the organizers of the tournament, he was eliminated in the first round one after another in the three British Challenger tournaments he participated in using the Protected Ranking (PR, 159th) system. It was evaluated that the back skills were not as good as before. Protected Ranking is a kind of ‘protected ranking’ system that can be requested if a male professional tennis (ATP) or female professional tennis (WTA) player is injured and is unable to compete in the tournament for at least six months. In the meantime, he has been classified as an ‘inactive player’ and has no world singles ranking. This Wimbledon qualifier was also able to come out thanks to the protected ranking.

In particular, in the Ilkly Trophy Challenger, which he most recently played, he withdrew during the first set due to shoulder pain in the first round of the preliminary round, raising concerns that the injury might be recurring. However, with his good condition, he was able to increase his confidence by accumulating multipliers in the actual match for the first time that day.

In an interview with a foreign press after the game, Jeong Hyeon was delighted, saying, “I am happy to be able to spend time on the court after years of suffering from injuries.”

In the second round of the qualifiers on the 28th, Jeong Hyeon will face off against France’s Enzo Cuaco (28, 158th place). The two have never met before.

2023-06-28 16:28:34

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