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Finn Reynolds Falls to World No. 83 Soonwoo Kwon in Davis Cup Debut
9/17/2021 | Men's Tennis
South Korea takes 2-0 lead over New Zealand in First Day of World Group I Tie
NEWPORT, R.I. – Ole Miss tennis All-American Finn Reynolds fell 7-6 (1), 6-2 to ATP No. 83 Soonwoo Kwon at the ITF Hall of Fame on Friday afternoon. Kwon's South Korean team took a 2-0 lead over Reynolds' New Zealand with three matches remaining on Saturday.
Reynolds put forth a strong showing versus a top-100 world ranked player in his first match for the New Zealand national team. Reynolds battled his way to a first set tiebreak, ultimately dropping the opening set and losing in straight sets to South Korea's highest-ranked individual.
Reynolds served first in the match, taking the opening game while recording an early ace. Kwon held serve to tie the set 1-1. Reynolds staved off Kwon in a 14-point third game to take a 2-1 advantage. The two players held serve through the next four games, giving Reynolds a 4-3 advantage. Reynolds then broke Kwon's serve at deuce to jump ahead 5-3. Kwon came back to break Reynolds at love and hold his own serve at love to tie the opening set at 5-5. Both Reynolds and Kwon held to reach a set-deciding opening tiebreak, 6-6. Reynolds won the first point of the tiebreak. Kwon proceeded to win seven consecutive points to win the tiebreak and the first set.
Kwon started strong in the second set; holding serve, breaking Reynolds' serve and holding serve again to take an early 3-0 lead. Reynolds then held his serve and earned a break-back of his own to trail 3-2. The two opponents exchange back-to-back breaks as Kwon immediately broke Reynolds' serve to regain a two-game lead, 4-2. Both players held serve the rest of the way as Kwon ultimately claimed the second set 6-3 and put South Korea ahead 2-0 overall in the tie.
Reynolds and New Zealand fell behind 2-0 after South Korea's Ji Sung Nam defeated Davis Cup veteran Rubin Statham in the first match of the day.
Next Up:
Reynolds will take on ATP No. 341 Ji Sung Nam in Match No. 5 on Saturday if needed to break a 2-2 tie. Saturday's action begins at 9:30 a.m. CT beginning with doubles play featuring New Zealand's 2020 Olympics bronze medal pairing of Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus in Match No. 3. Matches occur one at a time in numerical order.
Friday Results:
Match 1
Ji Sung Nam (KOR) def. Rubin Statham (NZL), 6-2, 6-2
Match 2
Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) def. *Finn Reynolds (NZL), 7-6 (1), 6-3
*Ole Miss Student-Athlete
For more information on Ole Miss men's tennis, follow the Rebels on Twitter at @OleMissMTennis, on Facebook at OleMissMTennis and on Instagram at OleMissMTennis, follow Coach Hansson on Twitter at @TennisToby.
Reynolds put forth a strong showing versus a top-100 world ranked player in his first match for the New Zealand national team. Reynolds battled his way to a first set tiebreak, ultimately dropping the opening set and losing in straight sets to South Korea's highest-ranked individual.
Reynolds served first in the match, taking the opening game while recording an early ace. Kwon held serve to tie the set 1-1. Reynolds staved off Kwon in a 14-point third game to take a 2-1 advantage. The two players held serve through the next four games, giving Reynolds a 4-3 advantage. Reynolds then broke Kwon's serve at deuce to jump ahead 5-3. Kwon came back to break Reynolds at love and hold his own serve at love to tie the opening set at 5-5. Both Reynolds and Kwon held to reach a set-deciding opening tiebreak, 6-6. Reynolds won the first point of the tiebreak. Kwon proceeded to win seven consecutive points to win the tiebreak and the first set.
Kwon started strong in the second set; holding serve, breaking Reynolds' serve and holding serve again to take an early 3-0 lead. Reynolds then held his serve and earned a break-back of his own to trail 3-2. The two opponents exchange back-to-back breaks as Kwon immediately broke Reynolds' serve to regain a two-game lead, 4-2. Both players held serve the rest of the way as Kwon ultimately claimed the second set 6-3 and put South Korea ahead 2-0 overall in the tie.
Reynolds and New Zealand fell behind 2-0 after South Korea's Ji Sung Nam defeated Davis Cup veteran Rubin Statham in the first match of the day.
Next Up:
Reynolds will take on ATP No. 341 Ji Sung Nam in Match No. 5 on Saturday if needed to break a 2-2 tie. Saturday's action begins at 9:30 a.m. CT beginning with doubles play featuring New Zealand's 2020 Olympics bronze medal pairing of Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus in Match No. 3. Matches occur one at a time in numerical order.
Friday Results:
Match 1
Ji Sung Nam (KOR) def. Rubin Statham (NZL), 6-2, 6-2
Match 2
Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) def. *Finn Reynolds (NZL), 7-6 (1), 6-3
*Ole Miss Student-Athlete
For more information on Ole Miss men's tennis, follow the Rebels on Twitter at @OleMissMTennis, on Facebook at OleMissMTennis and on Instagram at OleMissMTennis, follow Coach Hansson on Twitter at @TennisToby.
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