Vinh Hien and Ly Hoang Nam entered the final of Pickleball Cup - PPA Tour Australia, the expected "reunion"

(NLDO) - Closing the PPA Tour Australia semi-final series, Vinh Hien and Ly Hoang Nam reunited in the final, bringing much excitement from their home country.

Vietnam Pickleball continues to make a strong impression when two leading players Truong Vinh Hien and Ly Hoang Nam both entered the final of the professional men's singles at the Melbourne Pickleball Cup of the PPA Tour Australia 2025. Reenacting the confrontation at the Vietnam Cup 2025 in Da Nang .

On the afternoon of November 13, Truong Vinh Hien made the audience in Melbourne explode with emotion when he made a spectacular comeback against Jimmy Liong (Malaysia). After losing quickly 3-11 in the first set, the 21-year-old tennis player played explosively, winning 11-8 in the second set and ending the match with a confident 11-7 victory in the deciding set, despite having to compete under hot and windy weather.

Previously, Vinh Hien also impressed when he successively defeated Daiki Tanabe (Japan) and the first dramatic comeback of the day against No. 1 seed Jack Wong (Hong Kong).

Despite being behind to Jack Wong after losing set 1, Vinh Hien created a dramatic comeback when he equalized 1-1 with an 11-8 victory in set 2.

In the final set, under the hot and windy weather, Vinh Hien was 2 points behind his opponent, but he tried to shorten the gap little by little when he equalized 2-2, 3-3. The Vietnamese player immediately scored 4 points to lead 7-3. Despite the opponent's strenuous resistance, Vinh Hien still won 11-7 to advance to the final of the professional men's singles.

In the other bracket, Ly Hoang Nam continued to show his class when he overwhelmingly defeated Theo Platel 2-0 (11-0, 11-5) in the semi-finals after defeating Louis Lavile in the quarter-finals in 2 sets (11-3, 11-3). The Vietnamese player completely dominated the match in the 2 knockout matches, not giving his opponent a chance to fight back and creating a physical advantage before facing Vinh Hien.

With the rematch of these two players, the all-Vietnam final in Australia between Ly Hoang Nam and Truong Vinh Hien promises to be a top competition, creating another historical milestone for Vietnamese Pickleball on the world map.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/vinh-hien-ly-hoang-nam-vao-chung-ket-pickleball-cup-ppa-tour-uc-man-tai-ngo-duoc-mong-cho-196251113141910443.htm