Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s Ly Hoang Nam advanced in both the singlesand doubles events at the Thailand F8 Men’s Futures tennis tournament inNonthaburi on October 10.
He defeated No 5 seed Hiroyasu Ehara of Japan 6-0, 7-5 in a 64-minute firstround match.
He will next face Masato Shiga in the second round. Shiga earlier beat wildcard holder Kittiphong Wachiramanovong of the hosts 7-6 (5), 6-3.
In the doubles, Nam was pairied with Japan’s Ito Yuichi. They came from behindto 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 Puecellof Australia in the next match.
The tournament will end on October 15 on hard court with a total prize fund of15,000 USD.-VNA