Last Year's Silver Medallists Jack Wong and Eunggwon Kim Now Face Off
Andrew LeeJack Wong of Hong Kong and Eunggwon Kim of Korea cruised through their Round of 64 matches at the PPA Asia 1500 Hong Kong Slam, winning 11-3 and 11-0. Next, they play each other.
The Round of 32 singles meeting comes the next day. The Pickle Base put the pair on camera with their DUPR ratings: Wong at 5.882 in doubles and 5.892 in singles, Kim at 5.822 in doubles and 5.435 in singles.
Both took silver at the event last year. The Pickle Base notes that this year's field is "10x stronger."
Six athletes on the Arronax lineup
Arronax shared a lineup of six athletes for the Slam, which runs 19 to 25 Oct: Wang Kangjie, Noe Khlif, Miao Ya Xuan, Li Zi Da, Fan Pei Lang and Wang Yue. The brand's caption reads, "Wishing them the best of luck on the court! LET'S GO, TEAM ARRONAX!"
Khlif's inclusion follows his signing announcement on 11 Oct, when Arronax welcomed him to the brand.
The posters of Wang Kangjie, Khlif and Wang Yue carry the Hong Kong skyline and the event dates, 19 to 25 Oct.
Rex Thais in the draw
American player Rex Thais played on center court with partner Aline Morales, and tagged PPA Tour Asia with the words "main draw Hong Kong". The scoreboard in his photos is labelled Mixed Doubles Qualifiers, showing Morales and Thais at 7 against Lynn Lim of Malaysia and Joshua Yoo of Korea at 6. His post does not give a final score.
Thais thanked his sponsors in the same post, tagging fitgon.shoes, playhesacore, 4rthpickleball, oxosports_official and servethefuture. On 6 Oct he announced he had signed with Fitgon.
This article is based on social media posts and historical data tracked by Pickle361.
