Co-organised by the HCM City Tennis Federation and the municipal Department ofCulture and Sports, the event draws more than 100 players from 20 countries andterritories, including China, Australia, India, Thailand, the Philippines, France and the United States. They are competing in men’s singles, women’ssingles, men’s doubles and women’s doubles.
In the men's singles event, the No.1 seed is Filipino player Arthur CraigPantino who is ranked the 255th in the world by the ITF, the No.2 seed isChinese player Lu Pengyu, ranked the 467th, and the No.3 seed isVietnamese Nguyen Van Phuong, ranked the 678th.
As for the women's singles event, the No.1 seedis Indian player Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty who is ranked the 509th, whilethe No.2 and No.3 seeds are Che Yujiao (the 599th) and Jing Yang (the706th), both from China.
Host Vietnam has 22 players competing at the tournament, which will last untilJuly 22.-VNA