Young Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has secured a place in the China Junior U16 Beijing’s semi-final after defeating leading host player Zheng Weiqiang 2-0 on September 26.

The tournament is part of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Group 2.

Weiqiang is one hundred places higher than Nam in the latest ITF junior rankings, and defeated the Vietnamese player only one week earlier.

But Nam played with confidence from the very beginning and claimed the first set 7-5. He capitalised on the momentum to take the second set 6-3.

Nam will face Latvia’s Arturs Lazdins in the tournament’s semifinals.

In the group matches, Nam outplayed Taiwan’s Lin Wei-de and China’s Wang Huixin, winning both matches two sets to love.

China Junior U16 Beijing began on September 24. 

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