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S. Korean tennis player becomes 1st deaf player to win on ATP Tour

2019-08-20 6 Dailymotion

이덕희, 청각 장애 선수 최초로 ATP 투어 단식 본선 승리<br /><br />Korean tennis player Lee Duck-hee... made history,…by becoming the first deaf athlete to to win an ATP Tour main draw match on Monday.<br />The 21-year-old, ranked below 2-hundreth in the world, beat Switzerland's Henri Laaksonen at the Winston-Salem Open in North Carolina.<br />Lee fired nine aces on his way to claiming the groundbreaking victory.<br />It's a feat nothing short of amazing, as he is unable to hear calls from the line judges or the umpire, and relies on signals and gestures to communicate.<br />The Korean phenom will face 3rd seed Hubert Hurkacz of Poland, next.<br />

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