Hanoian woman wins nation's first US tennis title

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.
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./.

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