Nam enters second round of ITF World Tennis Tour
HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam's top tennis player Lý Hoàng Nam strolled into the men’s singles second round of the ITF World Tennis Tour M 二 五 - Hải Đăng Cup in the southern province of Tây Ninh on Wednesday.
Nam, world No 四 八 一 and No 八 seed in this international event, beat young ace Nguyễn Văn Phương 二-0 ( 六- 三, 六-0).
Nam’s next rival will be Indian Manish Sureshkumar, world No 六 八 九.
Overseas Vietnamese Daniel Nguyễn, world No 四 四 五, also reached to the second round after beating Alen Rogic Hadzalic of Croatia (No 一0 八 六) 二-0 ( 六- 三, 六- 一).
Earlier, Nguyễn Đắc Tiến was ousted after losing to Sidharth Rawat of India, world No 五 二 二, 0- 二 ( 五- 七, 二- 六).
The event, which has a total prize of US$ 二 五,000, will last until October 六.
The winner in the men’s singles will walk away with $ 三, 六00 and 二 七 bonus points. — VNS