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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-chan = The Korean women’s national tennis team suffered two losses to Kazakhstan on the first day of the Billy Jean King Cup playoffs, a national competition.
Korea’s Baek Da-yeon (314th place, NH Nonghyup Bank) and Park So-hyun (355th place, Seongnam) played in the singles match against Kazakhstan in the 2024 Billy Jean King Cup playoffs (4th single and 1st doubles) held in Astana, Kazakhstan on the 16th (local time). City Hall) all lost.
Baek Da-yeon, who competed in the first singles, lost to Zarina Diaz (383rd) 1-2 (6-3 3-6 6-7) after a close match of 2 hours and 50 minutes, and second singles So-hyun Park lost to 2022 Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina. (6th place) lost 0-2 (2-6 2-6).
Baek Da-yeon was disappointed that she was unable to maintain her serve in the third set, with the score leading 5-4, 6-5.
As a result, Korea needs to win both the 3rd and 4th singles and doubles matches on the 17th to turn the tables.
The country that wins the playoffs will advance to the finals match in April 2025, and if it loses, it will be relegated to regional group 1.
Korea made it to the playoffs last year, but lost 0-4 to Brazil and fell to Group 1 in the Asia-Oceania region, but succeeded in advancing to the playoffs again this year.
On the 17th, Baek Da-yeon will face Rivakina, and Park So-hyun will play Diaz.
The doubles match will be played between Koo Yeon-woo (Seongnam City Hall) and Kim Da-bin (Gangwon Provincial Office) and Zybek Kulambaeva and Anna Danilina.
