Ly Hoang Nam to lose the championship at the Thai Professional Tennis Tournament

Prize tennis professional M15 Chiangrai 2022 is the first tournament in a series of tournaments in Thailand of Hoang Nam before returning to the country to prepare for the tournament. SEA Games 31which is currently the number 1 player of Vietnam who is the defending gold medalist.

The opponent in the finals that the 25-year-old will face is the 7th seed of the tournament from South Korea, Hong Seong Chan, currently ranked 695 in the world. Despite having won against opponents in the past, but Ly Hoang Nam unexpectedly played below form in the first set, made a lot of mistakes through which to lose quickly with a score of 3-6 in the first set.

However, in the second set, with the bravery of a more advanced player, Hoang Nam gradually “heated up”, the better he played, making the Korean opponent helpless to fight back. Ending the second set with a quick score of 6-3, both players had to enter the deciding set.

Ly Hoang Nam with the runner-up at the M15 Chiangrai professional tournament

In the final set, Ly Hoang Nam dominated ahead of his opponent, breaking the opponent’s serve game, from there going 4-2 and then 5-3. However, also from here, the Tay Ninh-born player suddenly revealed his psychological weakness when he couldn’t cut points, even though there were 4 match points to end the match. After the service game, Hoang Nam continued to have 2 more match points but could not take advantage.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Korean player Hong Seong Chan quickly took the opportunity to level the score 5-5 and then broke Hoang Nam’s decisive serve game. With a streak of 4 consecutive winning games, the Korean player won 7-5 in the third set, thereby winning the overall victory, raising the championship title of the M15 Chiangrai 2022 professional tournament.

With the runner-up position, Ly Hoang Nam has 8 more points on the ATP rankings along with $ 1,272 in prize money. After this tournament, the Vietnamese tennis player will compete in another tournament in Thailand and then participate in the 31st SEA Games at home.