Nguyen Hoang Thien, 18, beat seed No 4 Wang Hufu of China 6-4, 7-5 in the qualifying round in the Men's Futures Tennis Tournament in Bangkok on Sunday.

Thien is one of two Vietnamese to reach the main round. The other was Ly Hoang Nam, 16, who beat Singapore's Roy Hobbs 2-0 (7-5, 7-5). — VNS