Vietnam's No 1 tennis player Ly Hoang Nam dropped to 901st place from 870 in the ATP rankings, which were released earlier this week.

Ly Hoang Nam.

Nam fell due to recent consecutive defeats in the F4 Futures and F5 Futures in Japan, both at the hands of Japan’s Kento Takeuchi, ranked 408th at the time of the tournaments.

Nam also lost to Chile’s Marcelo Barrios, Spain’s Alvaro Lopez and Brazil’s Orlando Luz during the ITF Junior Masters, which took place in China last week.

The 20 year-old was the first Vietnamese tennis player to win a Grand Slam title after he won Boys’ Doubles final at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships.

National men’s tennis tournament to be held in Hue

The National Men’s Tennis Championship will be played in Hue City from April 19-24.

Athletes will compete in the singles and doubles categories.

In the singles events, categories include U12, U14, U16, U18 and over-18.

There are only U18 and over-18 pools in the doubles.

HCM City will send 29 players while Da Nang, Binh Duong and the Military are also competing.

Matches will be live aired on The Thao TV and The Thao Tin Tuc channels.

VNS