Vietnam's top female tennis player Nguyen Thuy Dung won the Roy Emerson Adoption Guild Tennis Classic in California after beating Diannes Matias 6-2, 6-7, 6-3 in the women's singles final on June 7.
It's the first time a Vietnamese woman has ever won a US Tennis Association title.
The 23-year-old has bounced back well after sustaining an injury in China earlier this year.
Earlier, Dung and her teammate Nguyen Thi Kim Trang lost to Matias and Janet Lee 6-1, 6-1 in the semi-final of the women's doubles.
Dung has been training in Florida with Roger Federer's former coach after a two-year spell in Thailand .
She receives 600 USD a month from the Hanoi Culture, Sports and Tourism Department to help with the costs of competing in Europe and Asia./.
It's the first time a Vietnamese woman has ever won a US Tennis Association title.
The 23-year-old has bounced back well after sustaining an injury in China earlier this year.
Earlier, Dung and her teammate Nguyen Thi Kim Trang lost to Matias and Janet Lee 6-1, 6-1 in the semi-final of the women's doubles.
Dung has been training in Florida with Roger Federer's former coach after a two-year spell in Thailand .
She receives 600 USD a month from the Hanoi Culture, Sports and Tourism Department to help with the costs of competing in Europe and Asia./.