Hindustan Times ·
Military service, then the climb again: The resilience of Korean tennis
Seoul, Professional tennis is built around rhythm playing week after week, collecting ranking points, carrying confidence from one tournament to the next but for South Korean men, there is an unavoidable interruption that can arrive in the middle of that journey.
Mandatory military service.
For Korean players, it means learning to adapt their careers around an obligation and then, in many cases, finding their way back to the professional circuit after an 18-month absence.
