Vietnamese pair have good start at Việt Nam Futures

Vietnamese Lý Hoàng Nam and Nguyễn Hoàng Thiên advance to the second round of the Việt Nam Men’s Futures F7’s second round. — VNS Photo

Viet Nam News

HÀ NỘI — Lý Hoàng Nam and Nguyễn Hoàng Thiên had a promising start in men’s doubles at the Việt Nam Men’s Futures tennis tournament’s yesterday in Bình Dương Province.

The Vietnamese players are the No 4 seed duo. They defeated Canadian Kelsey Stevenson and Indonesian Anthony Susanto 6-7 (4), 6-2, 10-2 in the first round match.

In the quarter-final round, they will play Malaysian rivals Ahmed Deedat Abdul Razak and Mohd Assri Merzuri.

Also present in the last-eight, Việt Nam’s wild card receivers Trịnh Văn Phương and Trịnh Linh Giang will face No 1 seed Ken Onishi of Japan and Kittiphong Wachiramanowong of Thailand.

In the singles clashes, Vũ Artem of the host was defeated by Jirat Navasirisomboon of Thailand 0-6, 4-6. Trần Văn Hòa was also ousted after losing 1-6, 0-6 to Rhett Purcell of Great Britain. — VNS

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