Ly Hoang Nam still among world’s top 500 tennis players

Vietnamese tennis ace Ly Hoang Nam is still inside the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)’s top 500 tennis players in early 2018.

Thursday, January 04, 2018 10:22

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Vietnamese tennis ace Ly Hoang Nam (Photo VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese tennis aceLy Hoang Nam is still inside the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)’s top500 tennis players in early 2018.

Compared to the rankings of late 2017, Namdropped one place to the 498th in the men’s singles rankings.

It is likely that the Vietnamese player willcontinue to fall in the rankings next week as he failed to win points at the F5Futures international tennis championship in China’s Hong Kong at the end of2017.

Nam is participating in the F6 Futuresinternational tennis champ 2018 in China’s Hong Kong from January 1-6. He wonin the first round of men’s singles but was knocked out at the same stage of themen’s doubles.-VNA

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