Ly Hoang Nam and Nguyen Hoang Thien had a promising start in men’s doubles at the Vietnam Men’s Futures tennis tournament’s yesterday in Binh Duong Province.



Nam (right) and Thien



The Vietnamese players are the No 4 seed duo. They defeated Canadian Kelsey Stevenson and Indonesian Anthony Susanto 6-7 (4), 6-2, 10-2 in the first round match.

In the quarter-final round, they will play Malaysian rivals Ahmed Deedat Abdul Razak and Mohd Assri Merzuri.

Also present in the last-eight, VN's wild card receivers Trinh Van Phuong and Trinh Linh Giang will face No 1 seed Ken Onishi of Japan and Kittiphong Wachiramanowong of Thailand.

In the singles clashes, Vu Artem of the host was defeated by Jirat Navasirisomboon of Thailand 0-6, 4-6. Tran Van Hoa was also ousted after losing 1-6, 0-6 to Rhett Purcell of Great Britain. 

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