Vietnam Open to begin on October 21

The annual Vietnam Open tennis tournament will be held from October 21 to 29 in Ho Chi Minh City.

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Alize Lim is appointed an ambassador of the Vietnam Open which will be organised from October 21-29 in HCM City (Photo: VTF)

Hanoi (VNA) -The annual Vietnam Open tennis tournament will be held from October 21 to29 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The ATP Challenger event is worth 50,000 USD and will grant 90 points to thewinners in both, the singles and doubles categories.

This year, the competition has lured athletes with top world rankings,including former world No. 8 Mikhail Youzny from Russia, two formerworld U18 No. 1 champions, Yuki Bhambri of India and Max Purcellfrom Australia, as well as 2015 winner Saketh Myneni from India.

Vietnamese No 1 Ly Hoang Nam and national champion Pham Minh Tuan,received a wild card to compete at the event.

Nam will also pair with his Wimbledon partner, Sumit Nagal,to take part in the doubles event. The pair won the Wimbledon trophyin 2015.

The tournament, which is entitled Hung Thinh Vietnam Open, will see AlizeLim, a Vietnamese French athlete, as the tournament’s ambassador. Limcurrently ranks No 150 in the world. Her best ranking was No. 135 in 2014. Shewill have an exhibition match on October 25 at the Lan Anh Tennis Club.

The matches will be aired live on The thao TV and The thao Tin tuc HD channels.-VNA

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