Teen tennis star marches on

SPORTS IN BRIEF 11/10

Nguyen Hoang Thien – A tennis prodigy

Hoang Thien: youngest tennis player among top 400 in the world

Nguyen Hoang Thien.

Thien, the top seed, fought hard to take the first set on a tie-break from the sixth seed Swede but wasted no time in cruising to a 6-1 second set victory.

He meets Han Sung-min of South Korea in the semi-final today, Oct 14.

The tournament was recognised as an annual junior tournament by the International Tennis Federation in 2008.

Four top teams including defending champions Binh Dien Long An, PV Oil Thai Binh, the Military Signal Corps and Vietso Petro have qualified for the semi-finals of the women’s National All-Star Volleyball Championship.

In the men’s competition, Hoang Long Long An and the Border Guards also sailed through to the semis to join Trang An Ninh Binh and The Cong.

The bottom four teams in both competitions will compete in a round-robin for their premier league survival.

The championship has drawn 12 teams in both the men and women’s events who have been battling it out in two groups of six.

The semi-finals will be held in Hai Duong and Ninh Binh from Saturday.

Viet Nam go down to Kuwait

Viet Nam’s national football team suffered their second loss in a week after a 3-1 defeat to Kuwait in a friendly match at Jaber Al-Ahmad Stadium on Tuesday.

In last year’s corresponding fixture, Viet Nam won 1-0.

The team also lost 3-1 to India in a friendly in Pune last Friday.

Viet Nam will clash with South Korea’s U-23s, Singapore and North Korea in the VFF SONHA Cup at My Dinh National Stadium on November 2-6.

Ha Noi fan club wins vote

Ha Noi T&T’s fan club has been voted as the best supporters group in the V-League, the Viet Nam Football Federation has announced.

The fan club, which was only started last year, won 14 votes to earn 38 points, edging Da Nang and Dong Thap.

Ha Noi T&T triumphed in the V-League for the first time last season.

Last year, Da Nang’s fans won the title.

VietNamNet/Viet Nam News