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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-chan = Diego Forlan (Uruguay), who was selected as the Golden Ball winner as the best player (MVP) at the 2010 South Africa World Cup soccer tournament, participated in the Men’s Professional Tennis (ATP) Challenger tournament.
Forlan was in a group with Federico Korea (No. 413 in doubles, Argentina) in the doubles match at the ATP Uruguay Open Challenger (total prize money: $133,250) held in Montevideo, Uruguay on the 14th (Korean time).
In the first round match, the Forlan-Korea group lost 0-2 (1-6 2-6) to the fourth-seeded group Boris Arias and Federico Ceballos (109th in doubles, Bolivia).
This competition, in which Forlan participated, is a challenger level competition, one level lower than the regular tour.
Forlan, born in 1979, is a former member of the Uruguay national soccer team who played for prestigious European teams such as Manchester United (England) and Inter Milan (Italy).
He scored a total of 36 goals in international matches and won the Golden Ball by scoring 5 goals in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
After the game, Forlan said, “I expected it would be difficult to get a good result, so I enjoyed it,” and added, “I am grateful to the fans who came to watch the game.”
Forlán, who led Uruguay to victory in the 2011 Copa America, retired in 2019 and served as coach of the Uruguay professional team until 2021.
He also demonstrated his tennis skills by participating in a local amateur tennis tournament, and entered this challenger tournament as a wild card.
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