With the success of his title as national Championship protecting, tennis player Ly Hoang Nam of Binh Duong province is really a wonderful gift that Vietnamese tennis is having. Hoang Nam is striving for his dream to be the first Vietnamese tennis player conquering upcoming young Grand Slam in 2014. Ly Hoang Nam and his national champion cup 2013 The 11th date of last October was become an important milestone to not only Ly Hoang Nam’s tennis career but also Vietnamese tennis history. It was the final competition day of the National Tennis Championship men’s singles category 2013. This final match was between Ly Hoang Nam and the excellent young tennis player of Vietnam in last 3 years Nguyen Hoang Thien. Before that, Hoang Nam defeated Nam Djokovic, which is a nickname named after the world’s tennis star Novak Djokovic, to become the national championship and get to ticket to the final match of national championship 2013. One year ago, Hoang Nam creates an unprecedented record in Vietnamese tennis history as achieving the title of national championship when only 15 years 8 months old. This achievement surpassed the record established by Do Minh Quan 10 years ago, when Quan was 18 years 8 months old.However, this result was not convincing enough to some authorities, who thought that this result was just Hoang Nam’s good fortune, because Do Minh Quan, who was the No. 1 tennis player of Vietnam at that time, played well and lost at the quarter-final, and if the rival of Hoang Nam at the final was not Tran Hoang Anh Khoa, Hoang Nam could not have get the championship at his 15 years old. Therefore, the National Tennis Championship 2013 was a chance for tennis specialist to evaluate whether Hoang Nam is a great talent of Vietnam. Hence, Hoang Nam played impeccably, did not lose any matches, defeated all his competitors even his biggest rival – Nguyen Hoang Thien to get the gold medal, protect successfully his championship at his 16 years 8 months old. This was an exceptional record in Vietnamese tennis. In addition, Hoang Thien was invested over $1 million in training as world-class professional player. Thien, who is 1 year older than Hoang Nam, obtained the championship of U18 ITF Junior – a semiprofessional tournament of the World Tennis Federation.At the present, Hoang Nam is focusing on world’s young Grand Slam, notably Australia Open tournament 2014. Coach Tran Duc Quynh, who has trained Nam from a rough gem to become a diamond, said: “At the present, Hoang Nam is ranked 140th of world’s young ITF. If he wants to compete in main round of young Australia Open, he must be in top 48, or else, he must be in top 100 so that he can compete from the eliminating round”.Coach Duc Quynh said: “To invest in his No.1 goal, from October 19th, Hoang Nam will start to compete in series of tours in Thailand, Korea, America, Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela etc. in order to accumulate points and improve ranking”.Reported by C. Thanh – Translated by Ngoc Huynh