Vietnamese tennis player Nguyen Hoang Thien, 15, won the U18 International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) Group 5 championship title after beating Estonia’s Markus Kerner 2-0 in just 55 minutes in the southern province of Binh Duong on October 15.
He eased to a 6-2, 6-0 victory in just 55 minutes to take his second title of the year.
“I am happy and satisfied with this result,” said Thien. “I made a lot of efforts to win two championship titles in succession after my 6-month shoulder injury.”
The event in Binh Duong attracted 150 players from 23 nations and territories in the world.
On October 9, he had won the ITF Youth Tennis Open in the boys' singles event after beating Chinese Taipei Cheng Kuang Yu 2-0 (6-2, 6-2) in southern province of Bac Lieu.
Thien had jumped from 436th to 369th in the ITF’s junior rankings announced on October 11 due to these two titles.
According to the Vietnam Tennis Federation, for the first time, Thien will join Do Minh Quan and Le Quoc Khanh to represent Vietnam at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China next month.
“My target this year is to enter the world’s top 200 young tennis players,” he said.
