Nam loses in doubles, to focus on singles
Lý Hoàng Nam and his partner lose at the first round of the Singapore F 二 Men’s Futures on May 三0. — File Photo
HÀ NỘI — The No 三 seed pair of Lý Hoàng Nam of Việt Nam and Yu Cheng-yu of Chinese Taipei was ousted from the Singapore F 二 Men’s Futures tennis tournament yesterday.They were defeated 六- 二, 四- 六, 八- 一0 by wildcard receiver Sherwin Foo and Roy Hobbs of Singapore in an 八 五-minute match in the first-round match of the doubles category.
Nam will now focus on the singles. As No 七 seed, he will play Sho Katayama of Japan in the first match.
In other matches yesterday, Yu beat Dalwinder Singh of India 六- 三, 六- 一; Hobbs was beaten 一- 六, 二- 六 by No 五 seed Vijay Sundar Prashanh of India.
Title favourite Ramkumar Ramanathan from India won 六- 一, 六-0 over Shaheed Alam of Singapore.
The F 二 tournament which ends on Sunday at the Kallang Tennis Centre is offering US$ 一 五,000 to leading players. — VNS