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Seeded third with Fang An-lin (TPE), Kim beat Hanatani Nagi (JPN) / Lu Jingjing (CHN) 6-1 6-1 at Kallang Tennis Hub — her third ITF doubles title, taking her career tally to 2 singles and 3 doubles titles.

“Once we got through the match tie-break in the first round, our old chemistry came straight back,” Kim said after the final.

Kim dropped the first set in four straight matches and came back every time, beating Kim Da-bin 7-6(6) 6-3 in the final for her second ITF singles title and her first on home soil.

“Kim is a player who keeps finding answers in difficult matches,” said DRENCH CEO Won Kyung-seop. “We will keep backing her training, recovery and analysis towards the WTA top 300 and the Grand Slam stage.”

“I went through a hard time with injury and a slump, but with my mental and physical coaches and the Chungnam team behind me I could reset,” Kim said. In the round of 16 she beat top seed Hiromi Abe (JPN) 1-6 6-4 6-0.

Kim beat Haneda Arakawa (JPN) 7-6 6-4 in the final for her first ITF World Tennis Tour singles title. “It feels like a dream,” she said.