Nguyen Hoang Thien has earned a berth in the Australian Open junior category which starts on January 24 in Melbourne as he jumped from 323 to 212 in the International Tennis Federation junior rankings announced January 3.
16-year-old tennis player, who is the first Vietnamese to compete at one of the four grand slams, will have to beat 63 other contestants in the tough tournament from January 19 to be among the 8 best players competing in the final round from 24th.
Thien has set a target of entering the world’s top 200 young tennis players this year.
He will warm up for the Australian Open by taking part in the Loy Yang Traralgon International from January 15-20 in Traralgon, Australia.
Also at this competion, he used to win the championsip title of Group V and advance into the semi final of Group III.
Australian Open is an annual event organized by the International Tennis Federation.
It consists of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event.
There is also singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18) and for tennis players on wheelchairs.
