It took Ly Hoang Nam nearly three hours to beat Arata Onozawa in the first round match of the Thailand F5 Futures tennis tournament on Tuesday in Nonthaburi Province.




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Ly Hoang Nam through second round at Thailand F5 Futures. 



Nam, who is the No 3 seed, came from behind to win 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (6) against his unseeded rival from Japan in the men’s singles event. 

The Vietnamese will next play Karunuday Singh of India, who beat China’s Li Yuanfeng 3-6, 6-2, 6-4. 

Nam and his partner Nguyen Hoang Thien will also play their quarterfinal match today against Lozenzon Frigerio of Italy and Sami Reinwein of Germany. 

VNS