Nguyen Van Phuong is ousted from the M15 Sharm El Sheikh tennis tournament’s main round in Egypt on Tuesday. — Photo webthethao.vn

Phuong was defeated 3-6, 6-4, 6-10 to qualifying round’s No 3 seed Issei Okamura of Japan.

Okamura advanced to the main round and will play his fellow countryman Ryota Tamuna, who is the tournament’s No 5 seed.

There is only Ly Hoang Nam of Vietnam left at the event. Nam will start his journey playing No 2 Evgenii Tiurnev of Russia Wednesday. — VNS

Phuong advances, Nam aims to win Egyptian tennis tournament

Nguyen Van Phuong of Vietnam advanced to the second qualification round of the M15 Sharm El Sheikh tennis tournament in Egypt on Sunday.