Happy Chung sees only upsides after Asian defeat


  • Tennis
  • Monday, 05 Jun 2017

French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - June 3, 2017 South Korea's Hyeon Chung in action during his third round match against Japan's Kei Nishikori Reuters / Christian Hartmann

PARIS (Reuters) - Korean Chung Hyeon was supremely sanguine about his 7-5 6-4 6-7(4) 0-6 6-4 defeat to Kei Nishikori in the French Open third round on Sunday, and said the folks back home would not be too disappointed.

"In Korea everyone likes Kei because he is number one in Asia," the 21-year-old smiled.

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