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Chun won the first edition of the Next Generation 

Chun won the first edition of the Next Generation

12.11.2017

South Korean tennis player Hion Chun won the first edition of the Next Generation ATP tournament in the Italian city of Milan with a prize pool of 1, 275 million dollars. The 6th Chun wins the 3: 4 (5), 4: 3 (2), 4: 2, 4: 2 Andrei Rubyov driver and finished the race without defeat in their five games. The 21-year-old Asian, 54th in the world rankings, made up a setback and a 1: 3 game in the second to reach the rebound. So he won his first title and started a check for $ 390, 000. Chung also became the first South Korean trophy in the ATP circuit after Hoon Tai-Lee, who won the 2003 Sydney Cup.

In the `Next Generation` tournament, the eight top ranked players in the world rankings were up to 21 years of age, competing in a new format of three of five sets to four games. A new 25-second rule was introduced between the games, and there was no line-up at the meetings, with the regularity of the points relying on a computer system. Additionally, upon touching the net from the ball after serving, the game continued, and in each game at 40:40 the winner was determined by the next play point.

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