Phương wins first round of Copa del Café

Vietnamese ace Nguyễn Văn Phương. — Photo sohacdn.comHÀ NỘI — Young Vietnamese ace Nguyễn Văn Phương came from behind to beat Tomas Kopczynski of the US in the first round of the men’s singles category at the Copa Del Café Junior Tennis Tournament held in Costa Rica on January  一 六.

 一 六-year-old Phương won  六( 一)- 六( 七),  六- 四,  六- 一.

Phương is junior world No  一 九 三, while Kopczynski is junior world No  一 一 三.

Phương of Bình Dương team will next meet Sebastian Welch of Chile, junior world No  一 六 八. 

Earlier, Phương and his partner Michael Francis II Eala from the Philippines won the boys’ doubles title at the Eddie Herr tennis tournament in the US in December.

The Copa del Café, which is also called the Coffee Bowl, is an International Tennis Federation (ITF) Grade  一 tennis tournament played every January in Costa Rica. It is part of a junior circuit backed by the ITF and supported by the tennis federations of many countries. — VNS