Nam in second round of Singapore F2
Vietnamese top tennis player Lý Hoàng Nam. — Photo vov.vn
HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s top tennis player Lý Hoàng Nam qualified for the second round of the Singapore F 二 Men’s Futures tennis tournament yesterday.
Nam, No 七 seed, beat Sho Katayama of Japan 六- 二, 六- 四 in the first round.
Nam, world No 六0 一, also bested Katayama in the Japan F 三 Men’s Futures two months ago.
In the next round, Nam will meet Francis Casey Alcantara of the Philippines, world No 八 四 四.
Earlier, the No 三 seed pair Nam and Yu Cheng-yu of Chinese Taipei were defeated 六- 二, 四- 六, 八- 一0 by Sherwin Foo and Roy Hobbs of Singapore in the first-round of the doubles. — VNS