Ly Hoang Nam advanced to the quarter-finals of the Thailand F8 Men’s Futures tennis tournament in Nonthaburi province on October 11.

Ly Hoang Nam of Vietnam enter quarter-finals of the
Thailand F8 Futures (Photo vietnamnet.vn)
Vietnam’s top tennis ace
defeated Japanese Masato Shiga 6-3, 7-
5 in the singles second round.
He will next face second seed Australian Max Purcell. Purcell
advanced to the last-eight round after his opponent Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul
of the hosts withdrew when down 7-6 (3) to Purcell.
In the doubles, Nam and
Japanese Ito Yuichi came from behind to beat No 3 seeds Chung Yunseong and
Purcell 6-7 (6), 6-4, 10-
8 inthe quarter-finals.
They will meet top seeds Vijay Sundar Prashanth and Karunuday Singh of India in
the last four. The Indians on October 11 won 6-1, 6-3 over wildcards Congsup
Congcar and Kittiphong Wachiramanovong of Thailand 4-6, 6-3, 10-8.-VNA
Source: VNA
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