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Hoang Thien progresses at world junior tennis event

Nguyen Hoang Thien entered the semi-finals of the 2011 Tennis Central 18&U ITF Summer Championships after beating Australian 14th seed Jacob Sullivan on Feb. 10 in New Zealand.
Nguyen Hoang Thien entered the semi-finals of the 2011 Tennis Central18&U ITF Summer Championships after beating Australian 14th seedJacob Sullivan on Feb. 10 in New Zealand.

In Wellington City, thefifth seed Thien, 16, dropped in the first set before recovering to win3-6, 7-5, 6-0. He faces another Australian, the third-seeded JackSchipanski, in the semi-final match on Feb. 11.

Earlier, Thiendefeated New Zealand's Pratt Keerasuntonpong 6-3, 6-3 in the first roundand Brafley Mousley of Australia 6-3, 6-1 in the next round beforeeliminating local Cameron Norrie 6-1, 7-6 in the third.

The six-day tournament is scheduled to finish on Feb. 12 in Wellington.

Thienwas ranked 241 in the world according to the latest world ranking tablereleased on Feb. 7 by the International Tennis Federation. He attendedtraining courses in the US in 2005, just two years after he took up thesport at the age of eight./.

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