Nam, whohas risen three places from the 634th to 631st in theworld rankings, beat No 5 seed Franco Agameone of Argentina, world No 473, 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of themen’s singles category.
In the nextround, Nam will face Yang Tsung-hua, world No 684, of Chinese Taipei.
Earlier, Nam andhis partner, Sun Fajing of China, who are the No 4 pair, were defeated by HuangLiang-chi of Chinese Taipei and Issei Okamura of Japan 6-7, 2-6 in the firstmatch in the men’s doubles category.-VNA