Nhan Dan Newspaper National Table Tennis Championships

Men’s and women’s doubles champions crowned

Nhan Dan – The men’s doubles finals on September 9 seemed to be an easy match for Army pair, Le Tien Dat and Duong Van Nam, as they hardly broke a sweat to beat Dao Duy Hoang and Nguyen Thanh Luan from Petrosetco Ho Chi Minh City 3-1 and win the championship title.

The Army team’s Le Tien Dat and Duong Van Nam claim the men’s doubles title following a dramatic final win.
The Army team’s Le Tien Dat and Duong Van Nam claim the men’s doubles title following a dramatic final win.

>> Hanoi, People’s Public Security crowned team champions

Tien Dat and Van Nam easily claimed the first two games with their harmonious combination, scoring 11-8 each set.

Duy Hoang and Thanh Luan strived to narrow the gap 1-2 for Petrosetco with an 11-9 third-set win, only to see their hopes for resurgence extinguished by the Army’s 11-7 fourth-game triumph.

Earlier, the Army couple earned a hard-fought 3-2 victory against Hai Duong’s Doan Ba Tuan Anh and Nguyen Van Ngoc in the quarterfinals before addressing the semifinal challenge posed by Hanoi’s Phan Huy Hoang and Nguyen Anh Tu by the same score.

Petrosetco tasted another bitter failure on the same day with Mai Hoang My Trang and Nguyen Ngoc Quynh Tram regretfully dropping the women’s doubles trophy to the People’s Public Security team’s Nguyen Thi Viet Linh and Phan Hoang Tuong Giang as a result of their 2-3 defeat in the final match (7-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6, 5-11).

Regarding the mixed doubles category, Phan Hoang Tuong Giang played doubles with Dao Duy Hoang to trounce Hanoi’s Tran Tuan Quynh and Nguyen Thi Nga in three straight sets (11-8, 11-6, 11-8) and claim the gold medal in a convincing manner.

The 32nd Nhan Dan Newspaper National Table Tennis Championships will wrap up tonight with the two final matches of the men’s and women’s singles events.