Nam placed second in Singapore tennis event

June 12, 2017 - 07:00

Lý Hoàng Nam and partner Yuichi Ito were placed second in the Singapore F3 Men’s Futures tennis tournament, which concluded yesterday.

Lý Hoàng Nam and partner Yuichi Ito complete the Singapore F3 Men’s Futures at second place. — Photo baomoi.com
Viet Nam News

HÀ NỘI — Lý Hoàng Nam and partner Yuichi Ito were placed second in the Singapore F3 Men’s Futures tennis tournament, which concluded yesterday.

The Vietnamese-Japanese pair, which was seeded No. 4, lost 6-7 (3), 2-6 to No. 3 seeds Francis Casey Alcantara of the Philippines and Sem Verbeek of the Netherlands in the doubles’ final match.

Earlier, Nam was defeated 6-7 (4), 1-6 by No. 1 player Ramkumar Ramanathan of India in the singles’ semi-finals.

Ramanathan went on to win the title after beating Nicholas Hu of the US 7-6 (4), 6-2 in the final.

Nam and his teammate Trịnh Linh Giang will participate in the Thailand F2 tournament from June 12 to June 18.

Nam is the No. 5 seed in the singles event and will play Kittiphong Wachiramanongwong of the hosts in the first match.

Giang will face Kelsey Stevenson of Canada. — VNS

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