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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Vietnamese teen star to compete in Australian Open

Nguyen Hoang Thien

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.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Viet Nam fights to defend ‘Poomsae' medal tally

Vietnamese taekwondo artists will compete to defend their gold medal in the World Poomsae (Performance) Championship starting today in Uzbekistan.

Eight men and women under the leadership of coach Le Minh Khuong will each compete in singles, doubles and team events.

The tournament will close on Sunday.

In the previous championship, Viet Nam won two gold, one silver and one bronze medal.

Japan cruise into quarters with Viet Nam victory

Takashi Usami scored a hattrick as Japan booked their place in the quarter-finals of the AFC U-19 Championship following a resounding 4-0 defeat of Viet Nam at China's Zibo Sports Centre Stadium on Wednesday.

Mitsunari Musaka and Usami scored in the first half to put Japan in control of the match before the latter added a third midway through the second period.

Viet Nam almost scored when Ha Minh Tuan acrobatically launched an overhead kick towards Nguyen Hai Huy, who then produced the exact same move to hook a narrow miss towards the left upright as goalkeeper Goro Kawanami scrambled.

The lively Usami then grabbed his third and Japan's fourth in the 88th minute to put Japan at the top of Group C with six points in two games.

Viet Nam hold on with three points and still have the chance to join Japan in the last eight when they face defending champions UAE in their final group game today.

HCM City women win table tennis tournament

HCM City took the women's team title while the Military won the men's side of the National All-stars Table Tennis Championship at Ha Noi's Gia Lam Gymnasium.

In the final matches, HCM City easily beat the Ministry of Public Security 3-1 while the Military defeated Ha Noi 3-2.

The tournament will continue with singles and doubles events. — VNS

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