Hoang Nam Ly retains discovering methods to win gold medals—and on the Asian Open Pickleball Championships 2026, he copped two of them.
Vietnam’s world No. 1-ranked participant claimed the Males’s Singles title and the Blended Doubles crown on the AOPC 2026 – Fitgon Cup, which wrapped up in Ho Chi Minh Metropolis on 12 July 2026. Ly’s twin gold capped off a powerful particular person marketing campaign at certainly one of Vietnam’s most prestigious worldwide pickleball occasions of the 12 months.
Golden in Males’s Singles As soon as Extra
The Males’s Singles ultimate pitted Hoang Nam Ly towards compatriot Phuc Huynh in a rematch of a rivalry that has outlined Vietnamese pickleball in 2026. The end result mirrored their earlier conferences in its drama—Ly dropped the opening set 5-11, then responded with one of the vital emphatic performances of his marketing campaign, profitable the second set 11-0 with out giving Huynh a single level. The decider was by no means as one-sided however equally authoritative, with Ly controlling the rallies and changing his alternatives on the important moments to seal it 11-5.
Hoang Nam Ly Makes It Two Golds and a Silver
Hoang Nam Ly’s second gold got here in Blended Doubles alongside Dutch accomplice Roos Van Reek, with the pair defeating Huynh and American Vivian Glozman within the ultimate. Van Reek had a exceptional event of her personal as she claimed the Girls’s Singles title in addition to the Girls’s Doubles crown alongside Glozman. With these golden conquests, Van Reek accomplished the uncommon Triple Crown that made her the person standout of all the occasion.
Ly himself was trending in the direction of a Triple Crown, as he and American accomplice Nick Khamphi reached the Males’s Doubles ultimate. Nevertheless, they have been overwhelmed comprehensively by compatriot Quang Duong and India’s Harsh Mehta, falling 4-11, 6-11 in a end result that reinforces Duong’s rising standing in Doubles.
A Banner 2026 for Hoang Nam Ly
For Hoang Nam Ly, the titles add to an already landmark 2026 season. Earlier this 12 months he topped the DUPR Asian rankings with 6,267 factors, changing into the primary Vietnamese participant to guide the continental standings. His males’s singles win on the AOPC reinforces what these numbers already prompt: Vietnam’s greatest is presently Asia’s greatest.
The rivalry with Huynh, in the meantime, exhibits no indicators of cooling. They’ve met in finals throughout a number of tournaments this 12 months, with the outcomes cut up between them relying on the day and the format. The competitors between Vietnam’s two main males has been one of the vital compelling subplots of the Asian pickleball calendar in 2026—and it’s removed from completed.
The AOPC 2026 – Fitgon Cup ran from 9 to 12 July and was sanctioned by the Asia Federation of Pickleball. Greater than 1,000 gamers from world wide participated, which is a big leap from the 2024 version in Ho Chi Minh Metropolis that drew over 400 gamers from greater than 20 nations.
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