Nam advances to second round at Hong Kong Futures
HÀ NỘI — Lý Hoàng Nam of Việt Nam won his opening match at the M 二 五 Hong Kong Men’s Futures tennis tournament yesterday.
Nam, who is the fourth seed, defeated Harry Meehan of Great Britain 七- 六 ( 四), 六- 三.
He will next face Sagadat Ayap of Kazakhstan who won 六- 一, 六- 三 over Zhang Zheng Qi Jonathan of the hosts.
In other matches, number two Yusuke Takahashi of Japan won 六- 四, 六- 三 over Pak Long Yeung of Hong Kong. The number one and three seeds lost in the first round.
Top seed Dayne Kelly of Australia was defeated 四- 六, 二- 六 by Augustin Velotti of Argentina.
Third seed Blake Ellis, who won a silver with Vietnamese player Nam in the doubles event last week, was beaten in the singles category 六- 七 ( 五), 四- 六 by Xin Gao from China. — VNS