Ly Hoang Nam has gone through to the semi-finals of the Vietnam F5 Men’s Futures tennis tournament after beating Fujii Shinta 7-5, 6-2 yesterday in Binh Duong Province.

It was the second time Nam defeated his Japanese rival, following his 6-3, 6-4 victory last week at the F4 event at the same venue.

In the last-four round, Nam will play No. 4 seed Gao Xin of China, who defeated countryman Bowen Ouyang 6-3, 6-2 yesterday.

The other semis will see Shiga Masato compete against Ito Yuichi in an all-Japanese game.

Nam and teammate Nguyen Hoang Thien later displayed an outstanding performance in the doubles event, beating Japanese Yuichi Ito and Chinese Ouyang Bowen6-1, 7-6 (2) in the semi-finals.

They will play the final against No 2 seed 2 Gao Xin and Shintaro Imai. 

VNS