Host Huy stopped in Vietnam Futures’ 1st round
French Antoine Escoffier beat Vietnamese Huỳnh Minh Huy in the first round of the Vietnam Men’s Future. — Photo hauteprovenceinfo.com
HÀ NỘI — Huỳnh Minh Huy of Việt Nam failed to make his second round match at the Vietnam F 一 Men’s Futures yesterday in Bình Dương Province.
Huy was defeated 0- 六, 0- 六 by Antoine Escoffier of France who is seeded No 二 here.
In other matches, No 七 Gengo Kikuchi of Japan won 六- 三, 六- 四 over Indian Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash; Japanese Jumpei Yamasaki beat Thai Congsup Congcar 六- 三, 七- 五; and No 三 Kento Takeuchi trounced Hiromasa Oku 六- 二, 六- 二 in an all-Japanese match.
The first round continues today with Việt Nam representative Nguyễn Hoàng Thiên versus No 五 seed Christopher Rungkat of Indonesia.
Three pairs of the hosts also start their journey today in the doubles event.
National No 一 Lý Hoàng Nam and Thiên will play Yu Hsiang Chiu and Jumpei Yamasaki; Minh Huy and Lê Quốc Khánh will meet No 三 duo Shintaro Imai and Kento Takeuchi and Trịnh Linh Giang and Vũ Artem will face No 一 seed Jake Delaney and Farren Polkinghorne. — VNS
