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Duck-hee Lee first deaf tennis player to win ATP Tour main draw match

Published by Ashley Derrington at August 23, 2019
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This past Monday night saw Duck-hee Lee become the first deaf tennis player to win an ATP-level tennis match beating Henri Laaksonen on Switzerland 7-6 (4), 6-1 in the first round at the Winston-Salem Open.

This opening-round victory was not only huge for Lee but for hard of hearing athletes in all sports. Many of his peers on the tour who admire his relentless attitude even shared their excitement for the 21-year-old from Korea.

“I beat him a few years ago and he came up to me with a Google translator after the match and said, ‘What are my weaknesses?’ Tennys Sandgren told ATP Tour. “For someone who’s deaf and doesn’t speak English well at all, to put yourself out there like that… I wouldn’t do it! It was really cool.”

Andy Murray also commented on Lee’s incredible tennis skills when he spoke with ATP Tour.

“If I was to play with headphones on, it’s unbelievably difficult to pick up the speed of the ball, the spin that’s coming off the racquet… We use our ears a lot to pick things up,” added Andy Murray. “It’s obviously a huge disadvantage, so to be able to do what he’s doing is a huge effort.”

A win to remember

Lee will always remember his first ATP-level victory, not just because of the result, but because he was two points away from winning when thunderstorms postponed the match for nearly five hours. The delay had Lee and Laakonsen returning to the court at roughly 10:15 p.m. Luckily, the match only last another 87 seconds when Lee took home the win.

Making history ☺️🇰🇷

South Korea’s Duckhee Lee is the first-ever deaf @ATP_Tour player – and picked up his first ATP win in Winston-Salem

(Via @WSOpen)pic.twitter.com/s19tgRc7QK

— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) August 20, 2019

In June, just before his win at Winston-Salem, he reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final in nearly three years in Little Rock.

Lee, unfortunately, lost his second-round match in North Carolina on Tuesday against third seed Hubert Hurkacz, but not before winning the first set 6-4. Despite the recent loss, Lee looks to soon break the Top 100 of the ATP Rankings.

“Don’t be discouraged and if you try hard, you can do anything, you can achieve anything you want,” Lee said through an interpreter to The Guardian. He also said that he “doesn’t want people to get discouraged and get down about their disability”.

Read more about Duck-hee Lee here!

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Ashley Derrington
Ashley is a 29-year-old who loves to travel and try new things. She has bi-lateral, severe hearing loss, and wears a Phonak Naída V-SP hearing aid in one ear and has an Esteem implant in the other. She plays soccer for the USA Women’s National Deaf Team. She’s currently traveling the world in pursuit of adventure and perspective while also learning about the deaf and hard of hearing communities in various countries. Her travels can be followed on instagram @ashley5chanel or on her blog deaftattooedandemployed.com.
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Ashley is a 29-year-old who loves to travel and try new things. She has bi-lateral, severe hearing loss, and wears a Phonak Naída V-SP hearing aid in one ear and has an Esteem implant in the other. She plays soccer for the USA Women’s National Deaf Team. She’s currently traveling the world in pursuit of adventure and perspective while also learning about the deaf and hard of hearing communities in various countries. Her travels can be followed on instagram @ashley5chanel or on her blog deaftattooedandemployed.com.
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