LookAtVietnam – Viet Nam’s Nguyen Hoang Thien beat Ram Or of Israel 7-5, 7-5 to sail over the quarter-final of the boy’s singles at the Bavarian Junior Tennis Open in Munich,

Nguyen Hoang Thien.

Thien meets the winner in the third round match between Germany Wagner Hannes and Miocic Franko from Croatia, who were playing late yesterday.

In a bid to improve his world ranking, the rising star has trained with a leading American coach, Roy Coopersmith who guided Serbian star Jelena Jankovic in 2006.

The 14-year-old is ranked 534th in the world, higher than any other Vietnamese junior tennis player has ever risen.

At the Rushbrooke International Tennis Federation U-18 tournament in Ireland last month, he also cruised into the quarter-finals. Last October, Thien, climbed to the top of the Asian Tennis Federation’s U-14 rankings after winning the International Tennis Federation Under-18 crown in southern Binh Duong Province.

The Bavarian tournament has drawn 500 players from 30 nations. It ends on Sunday.

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