Nguyen Duc Tuan helps Vietnam table tennis win SEA Games gold medal after 19 years
Nguyen Duc Tuan excellently defeated the Thai player in the final of the men’s singles, thereby bringing home a valuable gold medal for Vietnamese table tennis at the 31st SEA Games.
After defeating Singaporean world No. 123 – Chew Zhe Yu Clarence, Nguyen Duc Tuan faced veteran player Pharpoom Sanguansin of Thailand in the final of the men’s singles gold medal match. SEA Games 31.
The enthusiastic cheering of a large audience at the Hai Duong Provincial Gymnasium on the evening of May 20 helped the host country’s representative have a favorable start with an 11-7 victory in the opening set.
Overcoming the victory, Duc Tuan continued to make Pharpoom constantly fall into the position of chasing to close the second set with a score of 11-9.
Duc Tuan’s little haste made him unable to maintain his excitement in the third set, while the Thai player lit up hope with an 11-8 victory.
However, it was also the only set where Pharpoom was celebrated. Because Duc Tuan came back strong with a good attack and good defense, and then forced the opponent to hang up the racket in the next 2 sets, with the score 11-7 and 13-11.
In the end, Duc Tuan won with a score of 4-1 (11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7 and 13-11) to win the emotional championship right at home.
Nguyen Duc Tuan’s victory helped Vietnam’s table tennis win a gold medal in men’s singles for the first time in 19 years. Before that, in 2003, Tran Tuan Quynh was the one who brought home the gold medal in men’s singles table tennis in the SEA Games held at home.
Nghia Hung
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