Australia’s Thompson wins Vietnam Open
No 4 seed Jordan Thompson won the Vietnam Open tennis tournament which closed on October 16 in HCM City.
Australian Jordan Thompson wins Vietnam Open 2016 (Source: VNA)The Australian came from behind to defeat Japanese rival Go Soeda, who was seeded No 6, 5-7, 7-5, 6-1 to take the men’s singles title.
Thompson who finished second last year enjoy a 7,200 USD and 90 points to improving his world ranking.
Earlier in the doubles event, Sa Ratiwatana and So Ratiwatana of Thailand beat Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Ramakumar Ramanathan of India 7-5, 6-4 to take their trophy.
Vietnam Open is a professional tournament played on hard court. It is part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour with a bonus of 50,000 USD for the winners.-VNA
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