ey defeated Lee Dae-hee and Choi Seungri 6-3, 6-4 to set for a second match against Joel Cannell and Vikram Hundal in the men’s doubles event.


Nguyen Van Phuong and Trinh Linh Giang won their first match as the host duo defeated Sagar Ahuja and Kelsey Stevenson 6-4, 6-4.

They will next play No 2 seed Shintaro Imai and Yuichi Ito, who trounced Marco Gronimo and Hao Yuan Ng 6-1, 6-3 on September 12.

Another Vietnamese pair Huynh Minh Hung and Le Cong Tien beat Rio Noguchi and Daisuke Sumizama 2-6, 6-4, 11-9 to see Yusuke Takahashi and Renta Tokuda in the second round.

Meanwhile, Vu Artem and Tran Van Hoa were ousted from the tournament. They lost 1-6, 2-6 to Kang Hogi and Oh Chan-yeong. The singles event will kick off today.

Top national player Hoang Nam will play Shinta Fujii of Japan. Linh Giang will meet Choi Seungri. Van Phuong will play against No. 5 seed Bowen Ouyang.