Ly Hoang Nam in his first match at the M25 Hong Kong Men’s Futures on June 12. Photo xaluan.com

Nam, who is the fourth seed, defeated Harry Meehan of Great Britain 7-6 (4), 6-3.

He will next face Sagadat Ayap of Kazakhstan who won 6-1, 6-3 over Zhang Zheng Qi Jonathan of the hosts.

In other matches, number two Yusuke Takahashi of Japan won 6-4, 6-3 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 4-6, 2-6 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 6-7 (5), 4-6 by Xin Gao from China.

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