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.


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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