Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese player NguyenVan Phuong has reached the quarter-finals of the men’s doubles at the WorldSuper Junior Tennis Championships in Japan with his partner Holger VitusNodskov Rune from Denmark.
The duo will next faceTakahata Kotomi and Shota Tange of the host Japan.
Phuong and his teammate beat GakuMoriya and Tsubasa Nakazato of Japan 6-1, 6-0 in the first round andovercame Giacomo Dambrosi and Emiliano Maggioli of Italy 6-3, 7-6(3) inthe second round.
In the men’s singles, Phuong, world junior No 74and No 7 seed, beat Hiroki Sakagawa, world junior No 345, 6-1, 7-6 in the firstround, but lost to Chen Dong of Australia, world No 148, 6-2, 6-2 in the nextmatch.
After this event, Phuong will stay in Japanto compete in the Dunlop Srixon Japan Open Junior Championships scheduled to takeplace from October 23-28.-VNA