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Vietnam’s teenager falls in third round of Copa Del Café

Vietnamese tennis player Nguyen Van Phuong Nguyen Van Phuong was ousted from the third round of the Copa Del Café Junior Tennis Tournament in Costa Rica on January 17.
Vietnam’s teenager falls in third round of Copa Del Café ảnh 1Vietnamese tennis player Nguyen Van Phuong (Photo: sggp.org.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnamese tennis player Nguyen Van Phuong was ousted from the third round of the Copa Del Café Junior TennisTournament in Costa Rica on January 17.

Phuong, junior world No 193, lost to ZynkTyler of the US, who is junior world No 83 and No 6 seed, 3-6, 6-1, 2-6 in themen’s singles category.

Earlier, 16-year-old Phuong from Binh DuongSebastian Welch of Chile 6-3, 6-3 in the second round and triumphed over TomasKopczynski of the US in the first round.

In the men’s doubles, Phuong and Roi Ginatof Israel lost to the duo Arthur Cazaux and Allan Deschamps of France 5-7, 1-6in the first round.

By entering the third round of the event,an International Tennis Federation (ITF) Grade 1 tennis tournament, Phuong willearn 30 points more.

After the tournament, he will compete inthree other events in Colombia, Ecuador and Paraguay. - VNA
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