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Nam wins historic SEA Games tennis gold

HÀ NỘI — Lý Hoàng Nam won an historic tennis gold medal for Việt Nam at the SEA Games on Friday morning in the Philippines.

No  三 seed Nam beat No  一 Daniel Cao Nguyễn  六- 二,  六- 四 in the all-Vietnamese men's singles final.

It was the third time the two players have met, but the first time Nam has won.

In the first two games Nam suffered quick losses to a rival who had highest world ranking in Southeast Asia.

Nam became the first Vietnamese to take a SEA Games tennis gold, ending the nation's long-time title drought.

Earlier, Savanna Lý Nguyễn pocketed a silver for Việt Nam in the women's singles category.

She was defeated  六-0,  七- 五 by No  二 seed Aldila Sutjiadi of Indonesia.

In the afternoon, Nam and his partner Lê Quốc Khánh and Daniel Cao Nguyễn/Nguyễn Văn Phương will compete in their men's doubles semi-final matches.

Early in the morning, Phạm Thị Hồng Lệ brought the first medal for Việt Nam's athletics in the women's marathon event.