Vietnamese tennis talent and second seed Ly Hoang Nam easily progressed to the third round at the ITF Group Two youth tennis championships in Bangkok.— Photo AYG

HA NOI (VNS) — Vietnamese tennis talent and second seed Ly Hoang Nam easily progressed to the third round at the ITF Group Two youth tennis championships in Bangkok.

The teenager easily defeated Harper Mitchell of Australia 6-2, 6-1 in the second round yesterday. Nams third-round opponent today will be Denmarks Benjamin Hannestad, who beat Francois Kellerman of South Africa 7-5, 6-1.

Hannestad, seeded No 13, previously crushed Nut Rungsithmongkol of Thailand 6-2, 6-0 in the first round.

In the doubles event, Nam and Jake Delaney, seeded No 3, was ousted in the second round following their 7-5, 3-6, [10-4] defeat by Shieh Chao-Ting and Zhou Sheng Hao.— VNS