Lý Hoàng Nam at the Việt Nam National Tennis Championship in HCM City. — Photo: svhtt.hochiminhcity.gov.vn

HCM CITY— The 2020 Việt Nam National Tennis Championships for the Hưng Thịnh Cup began on October 28 at the Phú Thọ Tennis Club in HCM City.

It has attracted 190 women’s and men’s singles and doubles players from 15 provinces and cities including HCM City, Hà Nội, Đồng Nai, Kiên Giang, Vĩnh Long, Sóc Trăng, Hải Dương, and Đà Nẵng.

They include some of the country’s best players such as Lý Hoàng Nam, Nguyễn Đắc Tiến, Nguyễn Văn Phương, and Trịnh Linh Giang and rising talents like Từ Lê Khánh Duy, Tất Thái Nguyên, Vũ Thái Nam, and Phạm Minh Tuấn.

At the end of the tournament, national coaches will select the team to play in the SEA Games hosted by Việt Nam next year.

The event, which will go on until November 8, is organised by the Việt Nam Tennis Federation and the city’s Department of Culture and Sports and its Tennis Federation. VNS