Nam in men’s doubles final at Thai event

October 13, 2017 - 08:00

The duo of Vietnamese top tennis player Lý Hoàng Nam and Japanese Ito Yuichi earned the chance to compete in the men’s doubles final of the Thailand F8 Men’s Futures tennis tournament yesterday.

Lý Hoàng Nam. — Photo 24h.com.vn

Viet Nam News

HÀ NỘI — The duo of Vietnamese top tennis player Lý Hoàng Nam and Japanese Ito Yuichi earned the chance to compete in the doubles final of the Thailand F8 Men’s Futures tennis tournament yesterday.

The pair beat No 1 seed N Vijay Sundar Prashanth and Karunuday Singh of India 6-2, 6-0 in the semi-final and will battle Pruchya Isaro of Thailand and Masato Shiga of Japan for the title.

Earlier, Nam lost to second seed Australian Max Purcell 1-6, 4-6 in the quarter-finals of singles event.

The Tây Ninh Province-born player Nam now ranks 520th in the world. In 2015, Nam and Sumit Nagal of India won the Wimbledon boys’ doubles. — VNS

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