ITF Asia U14 Tennis Championships Ends Successfully

The final day of the tournament saw the participation of all 5 Vietnamese players competing in the men's singles finals, the 5th - 16th place matches for men's and women's singles. Earlier in the competition on January 16, the duo Le Tien Anh/Vu Tuan Phong had successfully defeated the Sri Lankan pair Ashlin De Silve/Somaratna to win the men's doubles title after a 6-4, 7-6 victory.

Tennis player Le Tien Anh

Tennis player Le Tien Anh entered the final match with high confidence as he had not lost a set in either the men's singles or men's doubles. Facing familiar opponent Ashlin De Silva (Maldives), the Army tennis player did not encounter too many difficulties in the final match. Dominating throughout the match with extremely heavy forehand situations, Le Tien Anh easily won after 2 sets with the scores of 6-0, 6-3, thereby winning the men's singles title for the second time in the second stage of the ITF U14 Asia Tennis Championship.

The organizers awarded prizes to the two best players in the men's singles event.

In the match that followed, the remaining Vietnamese male player, Vu Tuan Phong, lost in two sets with a score of 4-6 and 3-6, thereby receiving fourth place overall. Meanwhile, in the women's singles, players Nguyen Ngoc Dong Nhi and To Binh Nhien both had easy victories in the matches for positions 5-16.

Dong Nhi, the HCMC player, did not have much difficulty in winning 6-1, 6-3 against Mongolian player Munkh-Ochir. As for To Binh Nhien, the Ha Nam player took less than an hour to win 9th place overall when his opponent gave up after a quick 1-6 defeat in the first set.

Men's doubles awards

In the third place women's singles match with the participation of fourth seed Huynh Ngoc Khanh, she could not create a surprise when she lost to Sri Lankan female tennis player Akeesha Diyunuge after 2 sets with the scores 0-6, 3-6.

The organizers took souvenir photos with the players.

Immediately after the finals of the women's singles, men's singles and the third place match, the award ceremony for the top players and the closing ceremony of the tournament also took place at the Hanaka Paris Ocean Park Hall. In the end, Vietnam and Maldives were the two representatives of the South Asia, East Asia and Southeast Asia regions to enter the finals of the ITF Asia U14 Tennis Championship taking place next April in India.

ITF Asia U14 Tennis Championship Stage 1 Results:

Men's singles champion: Le Tien Anh

Women's singles champion: Naba Nishan (Maldives)

Men's doubles champion: Le Tien Anh/Vu Tuan Phong

Women's doubles champion: A.Diyunuge/S.Arachchi (Sri Lanka)

ITF Asia U14 Tennis Championship Stage 2 Results:

Men's singles champion: Le Tien Anh

Women's singles champion: Naba Nishan (Maldives)

Men's doubles champion: Le Tien Anh/Vu Tuan Phong

Women's doubles champion: A.Diyunuge/S.Arachchi (Sri Lanka)

News and photos: VU VIET

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