Tennis legend Lee Hyung-taek mentioned Kwon Soon-woo, who was embroiled in controversy over bad manners at the Hangzhou Asian Games.
In Channel A's entertainment show 'Oh Eun-young's Golden Counseling Center' (hereinafter referred to as 'Golden Counseling Center'), which aired on the 17th, the concerns of director Lee Hyeong-taek and his eldest daughter Lee Song-eun were revealed.
On this day, Lee Hyung-taek revealed that he is a fan of Oh Eun-young, saying, "My wife is a fan of Oh Eun-young. When my eldest child was young, my wife called to make a reservation, but I had to wait for more than 6 months, so I gave up." At the same time, Lee Hyung-taek confessed, “What worries me is that when I look at the teacher, I feel like I can read his mind just by looking at him.”
Currently, Lee Hyung-taek is breaking the seal of active duty on his personal channel with the nickname ‘Mud Lee’ given to him by Jeong Hyeong-don. Lee Hyeong-taek was impressed, saying, “The other players were comparable to each other, but when Kwon Soon-woo came out, he was on another level.”
When Kwon Soon-woo lost in the second round of the men's singles tennis match at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held on the 25th of last month, he could not control his anger and smashed his racket. Next, his opponent, Thai national Cassidit Samrez, offered to shake his hand, but he ignored it, causing controversy over bad manners. At the time, Kwon Soon-woo was in a public relationship with former Wonder Girls member Yubin, but he broke up with Yubin shortly after this incident.
Meanwhile, Lee Hyung-taek attracted attention by telling an anecdote about how he also broke his racket on the broadcast that day. When Lee Hyung-taek was a high school student, he “won 42 consecutive wins in one competition.” I never lost during my senior year of high school. “I lost my 43-game winning streak with the last loss,” he recalled. “Actually, my mother had a jinx. She came to watch the final game that day, but she lost.”
“At that time, I was so angry that I broke all six rackets I always carried around with me,” he said. “Rather than losing, I wanted to break the mother jinx.” “I was originally in a situation where I should never have broken my racket, but I got so angry that I broke all my rackets,” he regretted.
Taeyuna, Ten Asia Reporter youyou@tenasia.co.kr