Quang Duong conquers new heights in India - Photo: QUANG THINH
Quang Duong and his three sons have been in Mumbai since July 29 to participate in the third major tournament. The Vietnamese-American tennis player is the reigning singles champion of the 2024 season.
Quang Duong participated in many events, his forte was professional singles since he was 19 years old. He still played in the qualifying round like his opponents and quickly showed his class.
On the afternoon of July 31, the tennis player born in 2006 played 5 matches to reach the semi-finals. The semi-finals will be played tomorrow, August 1, at the CIDCO gymnasium, which has 17 air-conditioned courts.
In the opening match, Quang Duong had a hard-fought win over Purvansh Patel 11-8, at one point he was down 7-7. Then, he quickly defeated Vimal Raj 11-1. In the third match of the group stage, he defeated Yugal Bansal 11-1.
In the knockout round, the 19-year-old tennis player met a strong opponent, Ryler Deheart. However, Quang Duong won easily 15-2. From this round, whoever reaches 15 points first will win, instead of 11 like in the qualifying round.
In the quarter-final match, Arjun S was the next opponent to challenge the defending champion. Quang Duong let his opponent score 6 points, then he continuously scored 15-6 to win a place in the semi-finals.
Overall, pickleball prodigy Quang Duong has no opponents in this tournament. On the first day of competition, he appeared to be "out of his league" compared to the rest of the major Indian tournament.
It is not difficult to predict that Quang Duong will be crowned champion at Moonsoon 3.0. Here, he can completely regain his glory and a large prize money besides the cost of accepting the invitation to participate.
After finishing his professional career at the age of 19, Quang Duong continued to hunt for awards when playing men's doubles with Harsh Mehta and mixed doubles with athlete Emilia Schmidt.
Quang Duong's younger brother, Bao Duong, will also debut at this tournament in men's doubles.
The tournament has a total prize pool of 60,000 USD (more than 1.5 billion VND) and ends on August 3. It is unclear what Quang Duong's next plans are as he will no longer compete in PPA and MLP.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/quang-duong-tim-lai-hao-quang-pickleball-o-an-do-20250731222814567.htm
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