.... “I mean, one year ago people were saying he might never play tennis again. One year later he’s world No. 1. That’s how quick things can go in tennis,” Federer said. “I’m really happy that Rafa’s proven himself ― for himself personally, clearly, but also to the rest of the world that you never write off someone like him.” By Elaine Ramirez (Korea Herald correspondent) (elaine@heraldcorp.com)

... following the match. “Today he played very tough and improved his serve, and it was a very good play from my end too.” China’s two remaining wild cards, Ze and Gong, are to play in first-round singles on Tuesday. Zhang will meet Spain’s Fernando Verdasco (No. 31) and Gong will challenge German Philipp Kohlschreiber (No. 25). By Elaine Ramirez Korea Herald correspondent (elaine@heraldcorp.com)

...Korea’s Jun Woong-sun lost in qualifiers Saturday. Japan’s Ito Tatsuma (world No. 160) and Soeda Go (world No. 119) survived the second qualifying round Sunday, against 11th-seeded Somdev Devvarman of India and 14th-seeded Ryan Harrison of America, respectively. Ito entered the first round Monday against France’s Gael Monfils. By Elaine Ramirez, Korea Herald correspondent (elaine@heraldcorp.com)

...e 39th time, and the second time in a week following Sunday’s battle in Beijing. The only Korean contender, Jun Woong-sun (world No. 935), was defeated by Colombian Alejandro Falla in a three-set, best-of-three qualifier on Saturday. Falla went on to topple Taiwan’s Lu Yen-hsun in two sets in their second qualifier on Sunday. By Elaine Ramirez, Korea Herald correspondent (elaine@heraldcorp.com)

...to a global world, and with it the global frustrations with Korea to try and make sense of it all,” he said. “We have to let Koreans decide how they want to take part in this global world. We cannot impose Western standards, because all I see is that the worst of Western standards get emulated first.” See Wangjangnim’s perspective at wangjangnim.com. By Elaine Ramirez ( elaine@heraldcorp.com )

... great things in them for the teacher to teach, but the system doesn’t allow the teacher the time for planning or overloading them with additional work,” he said. “You really wouldn’t need teacher training if they would just gave the teachers more time to prep. And the teacher training would enhance everything if the teachers just had more time to prep.” By Elaine Ramirez (elaine@heraldcorp.com)

...,” said Diggs-Yang. “But if you have a system that’s set up that only allows the teachers to do the minimum of what needs to be done, then you can’t hold teachers accountable for all of that.” By Elaine Ramirez (elaine@heraldcorp.com) History of TEE program The creation of the TEE program was spurred by former President Lee Myung-bak, who believed national English competence was vital to the globaliza...