Viet Nam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam advanced to the quarter-finals of the Thailand F4 Futures tennis tournament in Nonthaburi Province yesterday.


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The No 1 seed Nam easily beat Kerdlaphee Kittirat of the hosts 6-2, 6-1 in 58 minutes in the second round.

Nam’s next rival will be No 7 seed Lee Kuan-Yi of Chinese Taipei.

Earlier, Nam crushed Noh Sang-woo of South Korea 6-2, 6-2 in their first-round match.

Nam is Southeast Asia’s No 1 tennis player with No 471 in the world. 

VNS