Nam and Phương win first round of VN F1 tennis event
Lý Hoàng Nam. — Photo plo.vn
HÀ NỘI — Lý Hoàng Nam and Nguyễn Văn Phương got through to the second round of the Men’s Futures Việt Nam F 一 tennis tournament, held in Huế yesterday. Nam beat Matthew Romios of Australia 六- 四, 六- 一 in the first round.
Nam of Bình Dương is world No 四 五 八 and No 一 seed inthe event. While Matthew is world No 九 四 七. He has the highest ranking athlete among 六 八 participants from 二 一 countries and territories taking part in the event.
Another Vietnamese representative, Nguyễn Văn Phương, world No 一, 五 八0, defeated Darren Polkinghorne of Australia, world No 一, 二 七 八, 六- 三, 六- 三. In the next round, Nam will face Kelsey Stevenson of Canada, who is world No 一,0 八 七. While Phương will meet No 八 seed Saito Takashi of Japan, world No 九0 八.
Trịnh Linh Giang lost to Michael Look of Australia 六- 三, 一- 六, 一- 六 and Phạm Minh Tuấn was defeated by Nishiwaki Kazuki of Nhật Bản 二- 六, 二- 六. — VNS