Nam placed second in Singapore tennis event hinh anh 1Ly Hoang Nam and partner Yuichi Ito complete the Singapore F3 Men’s Futures at second place. ​(Photo: baomoi.com) 

Hanoi (VNA) — Ly Hoang Nam and partner Yuichi Ito were placed second in the Singapore F3 Men’s Futures tennis tournament, which concluded on June 11.

The Vietnamese-Japanese pair, which was seeded No. 4, lost 6-7 (3), 2-6 to No. 3 seeds Francis Casey Alcantara of the Philippines and Sem Verbeek of the Netherlands in the doubles’ final match.

Earlier, Nam was defeated 6-7 (4), 1-6 by No. 1 player Ramkumar Ramanathan of India in the singles’ semi-finals.

Ramanathan went on to win the title after beating Nicholas Hu of the US 7-6 (4), 6-2 in the final.

Nam and his teammate Trịnh Linh Giang will participate in the Thailand F2 tournament from June 12 to June 18.

Nam is the No. 5 seed in the singles event and will play Kittiphong Wachiramanongwong of the hosts in the first match.

Giang will face Kelsey Stevenson of Canada.-VNA
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