Lee Duck-Hee (ATP 212) made history. In Winston-Salem, the 21-year-old South Korean, who beat Henri Laaksonen (120) 7-6 6-1 in the first round, became the first deaf player to win a match in the final draw of an ATP tournament .
A heavy handicap
Her disability makes her life hard. He can not hear the line judges or the chair referee's score announcements: he must therefore rely on gestures to avoid confusion. He does not perceive the sound of bullets.
Apart from the courts, it also requires him to be assisted to understand including media issues. He does not know sign language because he learned to read his tongue on the lips as a child. His fiancée had to help a South Korean translator so that the player's impressions could be shared with the press.
Lee Duckhee makes history at the @WSOpen
Learn his story
"I realized I was deaf when I was six years old."
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– ATP Tour (@ATP_Tour) August 20, 2019
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