Women's Soft Tennis Loses Narrowly to Taiwan, Wins 'Bronze Medal' [Nagoya Asian Games]

[Financial News] The Korean women's soft tennis team battled Taiwan for 2 hours and 42 minutes but fell one match short of the final.
Korea, led by head coach Go Bok-seong, lost 1-2 in match score to Taiwan in the women's team event semifinals at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, held on the 20th at Higashiyama Park Tennis Center in Nagoya, Japan.
Because soft tennis does not hold a separate bronze-medal match, Korea, which lost in the semifinals, secured the bronze medal. The contest was tightly fought from the start. In the first doubles match, Lee Su-jin (Okcheon County Office) and Kim Han-seol (iM Bank) took their match against Taiwan's Hsu Chao-ying and Huang Szu-yuan to the final game but narrowly lost 4-5.
With Korea on the brink of elimination, Hwang Jeong-mi (Nonghyup Bank) kept the team alive. Hwang, who competed in the singles match, battled Chang Min-wei for 45 minutes before winning 4-3 and leveling the match score at 1-1.
A place in the final came down to the second doubles match. Eom Ye-jin (Mungyeong City Hall) and Kim Yeon-hwa (Anseong City Hall) faced Chou Yen-chen and Luo Shu-ting for 1 hour and 16 minutes. The match once again went to the final game, but Korea lost 4-5, sending Taiwan into the final.
All three matches were closely fought and went to the final game. Korea failed to clear the final hurdle after losing both doubles matches by one game, 4-5. Korea and the Philippines won the bronze medals, while Taiwan will face Japan for the gold medal later that afternoon.
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