Hien Truong had lost to Hong Kit Wong in Hong Kong and again in Malaysia. On Thursday in Da Nang he beat him 11-4, 11-3, and the Men's Singles semifinals now guarantee Vietnam a place in Saturday's final.
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HONG KIT WONGThursday's results
Truong (VIE) beat second seed and PPA Tour Asia No. 1 Wong (HKG) 11-4, 11-3. Phuc Huynh (VIE) is the only seed left in Men's Singles and has yet to drop a game. Thomas Yu (CHN), who knocked out top seed Eric Oncins on Wednesday, is the lone non-Vietnamese semifinalist after beating Kenta Miyoshi (JPN) 4-11, 11-6, 11-0.
Vanshik Kapadia and Harsh Mehta (IND) upset fourth seeds Eunggwon Kim (KOR) and Wong 7-11, 11-3, 11-5 in Men's Doubles. In Women's Singles, the billed quarterfinal went the way of the top seed: Kaitlyn Christian (USA) beat Yufei Long (CHN) 11-8, 11-7. Third seed Chao Yi Wang (TPE) lost to Sahra Dennehy (AUS) 11-6, 9-11, 11-5, and Malaysia Cup finalist Roos van Reek (NED) beat fourth seed Hannah Blatt (CAN) 11-4, 11-7.
Event | Round | Winner | Defeated | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Men's Singles | Quarterfinals | Thomas Yu (CHN) | Kenta Miyoshi (JPN) | 4-11, 11-6, 11-0 |
Men's Singles | Quarterfinals | Phuc Huynh (VIE) | Mitchell Hargreaves (AUS) | 11-0, 11-2 |
Men's Singles | Quarterfinals | Hoang Nam Ly (VIE) | Giang Trinh (VIE) | 11-1, 11-0 |
Men's Singles | Quarterfinals | Hien Truong (VIE) | Hong Kit Wong (HKG) | 11-4, 11-3 |
Women's Singles | Quarterfinals | Kaitlyn Christian (USA) | Yufei Long (CHN) | 11-8, 11-7 |
Women's Singles | Quarterfinals | Sahra Dennehy (AUS) | Chao Yi Wang (TPE) | 11-6, 9-11, 11-5 |
Women's Singles | Quarterfinals | Roos van Reek (NED) | Hannah Blatt (CAN) | 11-4, 11-7 |
Women's Singles | Quarterfinals | Liz Truluck (USA) | Ting Chieh Wei (TPE) | 13-11, 4-11, 11-3 |
Men's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Armaan Bhatia (IND) / Zane Navratil (USA) | Kenta Miyoshi (JPN) / Lucas Pascoe (AUS) | 11-2, 11-1 |
Men's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Tyson McGuffin (USA) / Eric Oncins (BRA) | Jonathan Truong (USA) / Len Yang (USA) | 11-6, 11-1 |
Men's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Ben Johns (USA) / Dekel Bar (ISR) | Thomas Yu (CHN) / Santhosh Narayanan (USA) | 11-2, 11-6 |
Men's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Vanshik Kapadia (IND) / Harsh Mehta (IND) | Eunggwon Kim (KOR) / Hong Kit Wong (HKG) | 7-11, 11-3, 11-5 |
Women's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Pei-Chuan Kao (TPE) / Liz Truluck (USA) | Yufei Long (CHN) / Trang Huynh (USA) | 11-7, 11-8 |
Women's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Chao Yi Wang (TPE) / Kaitlyn Christian (USA) | Roos van Reek (NED) / Andie Dikosavljevic (AUS) | 1-11, 11-3, 11-9 |
Women's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Ting Chieh Wei (TPE) / Alix Truong (USA) | Leah Tauber (USA) / Xiao Yi Wang-Beckvall (USA) | 11-2, 11-7 |
Women's Doubles | Quarterfinals | Nicola Schoeman (AUS) / Danni-Elle Townsend (AUS) | Albie Huang (TPE) / Hannah Blatt (CAN) | 11-3, 10-12, 11-3 |
Mixed Doubles | Quarterfinals | Roos van Reek (NED) / Eric Oncins (BRA) | Giang Trinh (VIE) / Yufei Long (CHN) | 11-2, 11-1 |
Mixed Doubles | Quarterfinals | Chao Yi Wang (TPE) / Tyson McGuffin (USA) | Ho Tam (VIE) / Tama Shimabukuro (USA) | 11-1, 11-2 |
Mixed Doubles | Quarterfinals | Danni-Elle Townsend (AUS) / Zane Navratil (USA) | Nicola Schoeman (AUS) / Lucas Pascoe (AUS) | 11-1, 7-11, 11-4 |
Mixed Doubles | Quarterfinals | Alix Truong (USA) / Jonathan Truong (USA) | Andie Dikosavljevic (AUS) / Harsh Mehta (IND) | 11-3, 11-5 |
What it means
MB Vietnam Open champion Huynh plays Yu, and the winner faces either Giang Trinh (VIE) or Truong from an all-Vietnamese bottom half. Men's Doubles brings together two sets of Malaysia champions: Tyson McGuffin (USA) and Oncins (BRA), last week's Cup winners, against Kapadia and Mehta, who won July's Malaysia Open. Women's Doubles is a rematch of the Malaysia Cup final, Danni-Elle Townsend and Nicola Schoeman (AUS) against Christian and Wang.
The Women's Singles semifinal between Christian and Liz Truluck (USA) repeats August's Bristol Open round of 16, which Christian won in straight games on the way to silver. Dennehy meets van Reek a week after van Reek beat her in Kuala Lumpur; van Reek leads their 2025 meetings 3-1. All four top Mixed Doubles seeds are through.
Friday order of play
Semifinals start at 8am Vietnam time (9am in Malaysia).
Event | Round | Semifinal |
|---|---|---|
Men's Singles | Semifinals | Phuc Huynh (VIE) vs Thomas Yu (CHN) |
Men's Singles | Semifinals | Hien Truong (VIE) vs Hoang Nam Ly (VIE) |
Women's Singles | Semifinals | Kaitlyn Christian (USA) vs Liz Truluck (USA) |
Women's Singles | Semifinals | Sahra Dennehy (AUS) vs Roos van Reek (NED) |
Men's Doubles | Semifinals | Tyson McGuffin (USA) / Eric Oncins (BRA) vs Vanshik Kapadia (IND) / Harsh Mehta (IND) |
Men's Doubles | Semifinals | Ben Johns (USA) / Dekel Bar (ISR) vs Armaan Bhatia (IND) / Zane Navratil (USA) |
Women's Doubles | Semifinals | Chao Yi Wang (TPE) / Kaitlyn Christian (USA) vs Nicola Schoeman (AUS) / Danni-Elle Townsend (AUS) |
Women's Doubles | Semifinals | Pei-Chuan Kao (TPE) / Liz Truluck (USA) vs Ting Chieh Wei (TPE) / Alix Truong (USA) |
Mixed Doubles | Semifinals | Roos van Reek (NED) / Eric Oncins (BRA) vs Alix Truong (USA) / Jonathan Truong (USA) |
Mixed Doubles | Semifinals | Chao Yi Wang (TPE) / Tyson McGuffin (USA) vs Danni-Elle Townsend (AUS) / Zane Navratil (USA) |
Next on the tour
Saturday's bronze and gold medal matches close the Cup. Schedules are on events.thepicklebase.com.