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Nam enters quarter-final of Copa del Cafe


Vietnamese teenager Ly Hoang Nam defeated Arconada Jordi from Argentina in the third round of the Copa del Cafe 2013 to enter the quarter-finals this morning.

 

Ly Hoang Nam.—Source Phapluattp.vn
HA NOI (VNS)– Vietnamese teenager Ly Hoang Nam defeated Arconada Jordi from Argentina in the third round of the Copa del Cafe 2013 to enter the quarter-finals this morning.

Unseeded Nam, who ranks 276th in the world junior ranking, beat Jordi, the world junior No 297, with a final score of 2-0 (6-4, 6-4).

Nam's rival in the next round will be seed No 4 Jorge Brian Panta Herreros of Peru, world junior No 31.

National champion Nam competed outstandingly in this seven-day event. In the first round, he beat seed No 7 Daniel Kerznerman of the US, then trounced Ortiz Adrian of Mexico.

After this tournament, Nam will move to Venezuela to compete in the Copa Gatorade 2013 on January 7-13.

The Copa del Cafe is an ITF Grade 1 tournament but has the feel and excitement of the Grand Slam and Grade A junior tournaments that take place every year. -- VNS

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