Vietnamese top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam beat Kazuki Nishiwaki of Japan in the quarter-finals of the men’s singles of the Vietnam F1 Futures tennis tournament in Hue on May 4.

Vietnamese top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam beats Kazuki Nishiwaki of Japan in the quarter-finals of the men’s singles of the Vietnam F1 Futures tennis tournament. (Photo: VTF)

Nam, No 1 seed and world No 461, beat Nishiwaki, world No 998 with the score of 6-1, 6-3.

In the semi-finals, Nam will meet Lucas Vuradin of Australia, world No 1,155, who beat Takashi Saito of Japan in the other quarter-final match.

In the men’s doubles category, Nam and Le Quoc Khanh entered the final after defeating Niki Kaliyada Poonacha and Abhinav Sajeev Shanmugam of India 6-4, 6-2 in the semi-final match on May 3.

The Vietnamese duo are to play Chun Hun Wong and Pak Long Yeung of Hong Kong in the final on May 5.-VNA