17th National Korean American Sports Festival 2013

17th National Korean American Sports Festival 2013

The past summer, the 17th Korean American National Sports Festival was played in Kansas. I had the exceptional privilege of being on Chicago's tennis representative team. I was the very last player in the bracket and I got absolutely destroyed by a division 1 college player. His serve was absolutely amazing and he represented Washington in the team event. Washington ended up taking gold medal in the singles and team event, but Chicago managed to get Silver in Singles and team event. There may not have been much competition in this years tournament but it was still very difficult considering the states that were represented. Our team was asked to go play against the Korean Olympic Tennis team in Korea but Chicago had to unfortunately turn down the offer due to conflicting schedules. Chicago managed to win this years Korean Sports Festival, or "Korean Olympics" as I like to call it. Chicago's Korean Association was very proud and the president was featured on television.

Korean Tournament 2013

The Korean Tournament is an biannual tennis tournament that is hosted by the KTAC(Korean Tennis Association of Chicago). This tournament was just recently played on October 18-20. This is the 28th biannual Korean Tournament. There are three separate events that take place, individual singles, individual doubles, and team events. I played individual singles and lost in the first round against the runner-up, Jinwoo Oak. He was a great college player and it was a fun reunion for he is my doubles partner. On the second day, October 19, it was individual doubles and my partner and I, managed to get runner up and we gained a lot of experience. It was a great experience, and I liked playing doubles. On team events, my team, The Dream Team managed to get first place for the third straight year. Our team is starting to become the dominating force in the Korean Tournament. My partner and I managed to go undefeated until we faced our final opponents who were division 1 college players. The other two doubles teams in our team managed to win their match. In the end, the Korean Tournament was a success in the individual doubles category and the team event category but a slight failure in the individual singles category. Next year will be a better year and I will play harder.