VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Duo Ly Hoang Nam and Nguyen Hoang Thien came from behind to beat Malaysian rivals Ahmed Deedat Abdul Razak and Mohd Assri Merzuki in the quarter-final round of the Viet Nam Men’s Futures F7 tennis tournament yesterday (Oct 20) in Becamex Binh Duong.

Nguyen Hoang Thien and Ly Hoang Nam get through the Men’s Futures F7 semi-finals. — Photo vntinnhanh.vn

Nam and Thien, seeded fourth in the tournament, lost the first set 2-6 before coming back in the second with a 6-4 victory. They continued their strong performance to win the super break 10-7.

In the semi-finals, they will play No 2 pair Francis Casey Alcantara (Philippines) and David Agung Susanto (Indonesia).

In another doubles matcht, Kim Young-seok and Noh Sang-woo of South Korea beat a mixed pair David Nguyen of the US and Artem Vu of Viet Nam 7-6 (3), 6-3.

In the singles pool, Nguyen made a bang when he sent No 1 seed Kento Takeuchi of Japan home with a 7-6 (4), 6-3 win.

No 6 seed Rishab Agarwal from India was also eliminated after his 6-7 (2), 4-6 defeat of Rhett Purcell of Great Britain. No 7 David Agung Susanto of Indonesia suffered same fate losing 6-7 (4), 5-7 to Kelsey Stevenson of Canada.

Source: VNS