Su-jeong Jang loses 1-2 to Kovinich, ranked 98th in the world, in the first round of the Australian Open.

It’s the first time in 14 years since Jo Yun-jeong at the 2007 US Open, she won a major women’s singles set.

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Dongchan Kim = Su-jeong Jang (210th, Daegu City Hall), who made it to the finals of the major tournament for the first time in her life, lost in the first round of the Australian Open tennis tournament (total prize money of 75 million Australian dollars, about 64.4 billion won) in the women’s singles round. .

In the first round of the women’s singles final on the second day of the tournament held in Melbourne, Australia on the 18th, Jang Su-jeong lost to Danka Kovinic (98th, Montenegro) 1-2 (3-6 6-2 4-6) after 3 hours and 10 minutes.

His opponent, Kovinich, was a strongman who climbed to No. 46 in the world rankings in 2016. Jang Su-jeong’s personal best ranking differs from 2017 to 120th.

Jang Su-jeong seemed to realize the ‘wall of the world’ as the game score reached 1-5 at the beginning of the first set.

However, after breaking Kovinich’s sub-game for the first time, Jang Su-jeong followed up with a score of 2-5, defending her own sub-game and setting a break point again in the opponent’s sub-game.

In the end, he gave up the game and lost the first set 3-6, but Jang Su-jeong, who saw hope in the second half of the set, counterattacked in the second set.

After winning the first sub game against the two-set opponent, Su-jeong Jang ran away 3-0, eventually bringing the second set 6-2 to balance the set score at 1-1.

A Korean player won a set in the women’s singles final of a major tournament in August 2007, when Jo Yun-jeong in the first round of the US Open defeated Rhoudes Dominguez Liño (Spain), who was then ranked 75th in the world, 1-2 (6-3 3-6 3-6). This is the first time in 14 years and 5 months since Jang Su-jeong was defeated by .

After the second set, Kovinich lay on the court floor and called a medical time-out, and the mood of the game seemed to shift towards Jang Su-jeong.

However, Jang Su-jeong gave up both of his first two sub games in the 3rd set at the end of the deuce and was dragged 0-3.

Again, Jang Su-jeong won two games in a row and set breakpoints twice in the subsequent sub-game, but in the end, it was not possible to make 3-3 and the scene that happened 2-4 was disappointing.

On this day, Sujeong Jang had a difference of 168 km per hour and Kobinich had a difference of 180 km at the highest speed of the serve, and the overall stroke power battle was slightly pushed back.

In the meantime, Jang Su-jeong, who has tried 11 times in the qualifiers for major tournaments but never made it to the finals, achieved her dream of qualifying for the majors by winning three consecutive qualifiers at this year’s Australian Open, her 12th challenge.

Jang Su-jeong received a cash prize of 103,000 Australian dollars (88 million won) for advancing to the finals of this tournament, and is expected to rise to the 180th place in the world rankings after the tournament is over.

The most recent case in which a Korean player won the women’s singles final at a major event was in the second round of the US Open in September 2005, when Yoon-jung Jo defeated Gisela Dulco (Argentina) 2-0 (6-4 6-3).

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