Nam enters 2nd round of China F2 Men’s Futures

Nam, who has risen three places from 634 to 631 in the world rankings, beat No 5 seed Franco Agameone of Argentina, world No 473, 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the men’s singles category.

In the next round, Nam will face Yang Tsung-hua, world No 684, of Chinese Taipei.

Earlier, Nam and his partner, Sun Fajing of China, who are the No 4 pair, were defeated by Huang Liang-chi of Chinese Taipei and Issei Okamura of Japan 6-7, 2-6 in the first match in the men’s doubles category.