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(CNN) -- As a child, people used to make fun of Duckhee Lee, telling him he shouldn't be playing tennis. On Monday the South Korean proved the doubters wrong by getting the first deaf player to win a match in the main draw of the ATP Tour. The 21-year-old, rated 212 from the world, watched off Swiss world No. 120 Henri Laaksonen 7-6 (7-4) 6-1 in the Winston-Salem Open in North Carolina. "People made fun of me for my disability. They informed me I should not be playing," Lee told reporters. "It was definitely hard, but my family and friends helped me get through. I wished to show everybody that I was able to do this. "My message for folks that are hearing impaired is to not be deterred. If you try hard, you can do anything" 'Enormous effort' According to the ATP Tour site Lee -- diagnosed as aged two -- can not hear the rating being called which means he has to rely onto his team on signs from individuals or your umpire or line calls. READ: Mo Salah in the Middle East on women's rights Taught to lipread as a youngster in Korean, the right-hander doesn't know sign language. Into Lee's fiancee, Soopin, that acted as a conduit between Lee and colleagues, a championship volunteer interpreted questions in Korean during the media conference. Slam champion Andy Murray praised Lee for his achievement. "If I had been to play with headphones on, it is unbelievably difficult to find out the pace of the ball, so the spin that's coming off the racquet. We utilize our ears a lot to pick up things," the former world No.1 was quoted as stating on the ATP Tour site. Visit CNN.com/Sport for features more news and videos "It's obviously a massive drawback, in order to be in a position to perform what he's doing is a enormous work." Lee will next play Poland's Hubert Hurkacs Tuesday in the next round and told reporters:"I'm likely to visit the game with precisely exactly the same attitude. I'm definitely planning to do my best and see what happens." Read more: http://classicsounds.pl/wwe-smackdown-the-new-day-to-face-randy-orton-revival-in-six-man-tag-match/