ラッキールーザー

noun

lucky loser

Sports term for a player who loses in qualifying but still enters the main draw due to another player's withdrawal.

• 彼かれは予よ選せんで負まけたが、ラッキールーザーとして本ほん戦せんに出しゅつ場じょうした。

  He lost in the qualifiers but entered the main tournament as a lucky loser.