Vietnamese player Nguyen Hoang Thien was ousted from the Singapore F2 Men’s Futures tennis tournament on May 29.

Qualifier Thien lost to No 2 seed Aryan Goveas of India 2-6, 3-6 in the first round of the singles.

Earlier, Thien beat Punnakrit Kritakara of Thailand 7-5, 2-1 in the qualification round.

After Thiên’s defeat, Ly Hoang Nam is the only Vietnamese player remaining in Singapore. The No 7 seed will play his first round match against Sho Katayama of Japan.

In the doubles event today, Nam and Chinese Taipei partner Yu Cheng-yu will meet Sherwin Foo and Roy Hobbs of Singapore.

VNS