Ly Hoang Nam made his opponent throw his racket at the Chinese tournament
Ly Hoang Nam once defeated Nick Chappel - ranked 356th ATP - with the same score in the first round of Zhangjiagang Challenger 75 on August 29. This time, the reverse win scenario was repeated, making the American player unable to keep his composure in the third set.
In the first game, Ly Hoang Nam led 40-0 but let his opponent equalize. Chappell had an advantage twice, but both times the Vietnamese player equalized and took the lead. In the decisive situation, Chappell served the ball and then proactively went to the net, but Hoang Nam's return shot hit him, causing him to miss the shot.
Being broken, the tennis player born in 1992 threw his racquet into the billboard, causing the referee to remind him.
Unstable spirit made Chappell constantly make mistakes in the following games. Ly Hoang Nam won two more fighting games, ending the third set with an absolute 6-0 victory.
Before that, Ly Hoang Nam lost the first set with a score of 5-7. In the second set, he rose to a 4-3 lead and created a turning point in game eight when the two players doubled to bring the score five times to 40-40. Thinking that Nam was exhausted, he had a good cross-court shot to gain an advantage and then served the ball directly to keep the game, before finally winning 6-4.
This is the second consecutive time Ly Hoang Nam has passed the first round of the Challenger tournament after Zhangjiagang 75. At Shanghai Masters 100, he had to compete in the first preliminary round, winning against Japanese player Kaito Uesugi because the opponent gave up while playing. led 6-4 and drew 1-1 in the second set. In the second qualifying round, the player born in 1997 came from behind to defeat host Chinese player Li Hanwen 5-7, 6-0, 6-4.
The victory over Chappell helped Ly Hoang Nam gain nine more ATP points and a bonus of 2,105 USD (about 50 million VND).
In the second round, Ly Hoang Nam will meet Taiwanese tennis player Wu Tung-Lin – ranked 188th ATP, and the fifth seed at the tournament. Ly Hoang Nam won Wu 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of M25 Singapore 2017, but lost 2-6, 5-7 in the semifinals of Matsuyama Challenger 80 in 2022. If he wins, Hoang Nam will have 20 ATP points and the same amount of money. reward 3,570 USD.
