Vietnamese Vu Artem and partner American Diaz Miguel were ousted from the Vietnam F2 Futures tennis tournament yesterday in Binh Duong Province.

Vu Artem and partner Diaz Miguel disqualify at the Vietnam F2 Futures tennis tournament yesterday in Binh Duong Province. — Photo thethaovanhoa.vn

The pair, who received a wild-card to participate in this event, lost 4-6, 4-6 to Japanese Yutaro Matsuzaki and Canadian Kelsey Stevenson in a 68-minute first-round match in the doubles event.

There is no Vietnamese left in this category.

The only athlete from the host nation who still has a shot in the US$15,000 competition is national top flight Ly Hoang Nam in the singles event, who will meet Mikalai Haliak of Belarus in the quarterfinals today.

In other games yesterday, No 1 duo Duldaev Daniyar of Kazakhstan and Fayziev Sanjar of Uzbekistan got a walkover to the next round after Mislav Bosnjak and Matthew Dellavedova from Australia withdrew when the score was 4-0 in the first set.

Meanwhile, Indian Vasisht Cheruku and Sasi Kumar Mukund beat Vasko Mladenov of Bulgaria and Vadym Ursu of Ukraine 6-3, 6-4. — VNS