VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Hoang Thien made a splash at the Viet Nam F5 Men’s Futures tennis tournament with a win over No 5 seed Takahashi Yusuke yesterday (Sept 19) in Binh Duong Province.

Nguyen Hoang Thien enters the second round of the Viet Nam F5 Men’s Futures. — VNS Photo

Viet Nam’s unseeded Thien defeated his Japanese rival 7-6 (3), 6-3 in the first set of the singles event.

He will next play the winner of the match between Ito Yuichi, another Japanese, and Jirat Navasirisomboon of Thailand in the second round.

Thien will also pair with teammate Ly Hoang Nam in the doubles category. They will play Japan’s Ehara Hiroyasu and Onishi Ken in the first match.

In other results yesterday, Moritani Soichiro of Japan came from behind to defeat No 1 seed Hong Seong Chan of South Korea 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4, while Ochi Makoto won 6-2, 5-1 against Shiga Masato in an all-Japanese match.

Earlier, Ehara lost 6-7 (5), 3-6 to Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul of Thailand.

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