October 11, 2017 | 19:34 (GMT+7)
Vietnamese tennis star through to next round in Thailand
Vietnam’s Ly Hoang Nam advanced in both the singles and doubles events at the Thailand F8 Men’s Futures tennis tournament in Nonthaburi on October 10.
He
defeated No.5 seed Hiroyasu Ehara of Japan 6-0, 7-5 in a 64-minute first round
match.
He
will next face Masato Shiga in the second round. Shiga earlier beat wild card
holder Kittiphong Wachiramanovong of the hosts 7-6 (5), 6-3.
In
the doubles, Nam was paired with Japan’s Ito Yuichi. They came from behind to
beat Japan’s Ehara and Essei Okamura 3-6, 6-3, 10-7.
They
will next see duo Chung Yunseong of the Republic of Korea and Max Puecell of
Australia in the next match.
The
tournament will end on October 15 on hard court with a total prize fund of USD 15,000.
Source: VNA