Teenager Nguyen Hoang Thien cruised to the quarters-finals of the Viet Nam International Junior Championship after beating Denmark's Mikael Torpegaard 6-4, 6-2 in southern Binh Duong Province yesterday.
Thien, the top seed, beat South Korea's Lee Sung-hui 6-0, 6-1 in the boys' singles first round on Monday.
The 15-year-old will meet Sweden's Solberg Christoffer, who beat Vietnamese Ho Huynh Dan Mach 6-2, 6-4, in the quarters at Binh Duong's Becamex Sports Centre today.
On Saturday, Thien won the men's singles title at the International Junior Championships in the southern province of Bac Lieu.
Two years ago, Thien took the singles title in Binh Duong Province, but only managed third place last year.
Born in 1995, Thien first stepped onto a tennis court at the age of eight.
His target is to break into the top 200 in the world by the time he's 18.
He currently ranks 431st in the International Tennis Federation's junior rankings.
Santos says no plans for Binh Duong move
Goalkeeper Phan Van Santos says he has not signed a contract with the Becamex Binh Duong football club for the next V-League season.
"It is not true that I have signed a three-year contract with Binh Duong and I am currently under contract with Navibank Sai Gon," the former national goalkeeper told Viet Nam News, rejecting local reports about his move.
The naturalised Brazilian Vietnamese, known for scoring goals from free kicks, is on a four-day business trip to Singapore.
Santos, 33, who was granted Vietnamese citizenship in 2008, has played football in Viet Nam for nine years and is one of the most successful goalkeepers in the V-League.
In eight years with Dong Tam Long An, he won two V-League titles before moving to Navibank Sai Gon in the second half of last season. — VNS
