Seoul, Nov 22 (IANS) In-person school classes fully resumed across South Korea on Monday in line with the country's "living with Covid-19" scheme.All kindergarten, elementary, middle and high schools welcomed students for the first time since schools switched to learning from home or classes being held in shifts since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, reports Yonhap News Agency.The full reopening of schools came after the country kicked off the first stage of "living with Covid-19" aimed at gradually bringing the nation back to pre-pandemic normalcy earlier this month. The government scheduled the reopening of schools for after last week's College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT).Parents and teachers have welcomed the return of in-person classes but also voiced concerns over lingering infection risks."With offline school activities becoming possible under the in-person class resumption, schools can now take a load off their mind," Kim Chang-soo, principal of Seoul's Hwibong High School, told Yonhap News Agency.He said his school will resort to a contingency action plan of temporarily turning to two-week e-learning if an infection is reported inside the school.On Monday, South Korea reported 2,827 new Covid-19 cases, the first daily tally below 3,000 in six days. But the daily number had remained in the quadruple digits since July 7.The country has recently seen a rise in infection cases involving teenagers, with the inoculation rate remaining v that I didn't want to be, but definitely something was missing. I don't have the answer, but it made the difference."Even when (my serve) was going on the line, it didn't really have that spark. It wasn't enough for Sascha (Zverev), who is a great player and broke me two times. Sometimes, in a way, it's not bad, but when you're playing in a big final on a fast surface against someone who is serving like Sascha, it's enough to win the match. We can talk about many things, but the serve was definitely the key, and he was better," said Medvedev.Medvedev slammed 59 aces and won a tournament-leading 61 per cent of his second-service points in his five matches at the season finale, but the Russian couldn't beat Zverev for the third time in as many weeks."We all try to do something different, to prepare differently or play differently," said Medvedev, who had also beaten Zverev 6-2, 6-2 at the Paris Masters. "I felt he was doing something differently. Maybe I lost the first break of serve (at 1-1 in the first set) because of this, but at the same time if you make aces you get into the match."I tried to change up things I'd been doing, and I felt it was working well, but I just couldn't return his serve and it was enough for him to win the match… Every time you know he is going to do something new and you have to be prepared for it and the same for them. This time he won, but next time I will try to do something better."Despite the defeat, Medvedev will finish the year as No. 2, having assimilated a 58-13 match record and won four trophies.Medvedev also believes that Zverev could win a major soon given the kind of improvement he has shown. "Sascha is a great player who is capable of beating anybody, so he definitely can win a Grand Slam, because it's just obvious."
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