Ly Hoang Nam and Yuichi Ito entered the final of the Singapore F3 Men’s Futures’ tennis tournament yesterday.

Nam and Yuichi Ito qualify for the final of the Singapore F3 Men’s Futures doubles event. 

The Vietnamese and Japanese pair defeated No 2 duo Justin Barki of Indonesia and Chen Ti of Chinese Taipei 7-5, 6-2 in the semi-final match yesterday.

Their rival will be No 3 pair Francis Casey Alcantara of the Philippines and Sem Verbeek of the Netherlands, who won 6-3, 6-4 over title favourites Sanam Singh and Vijay Sundar Prashanth from India.

Earlier in the morning, No 4 seed Nam advanced to the semi-final of the singles event after winning 6-1, 6-1 over Ito in 70 minutes.

In the final, he will meet No 1 seed Ramanathan Ramkumar of India who beat Marc-Andrea Huesler of Switzerland 6-4, 6-4 in the other semi-final. 

VNS