The Semifinals forged of the MB Vietnam Cup 2025 is full after the conclusion of Day 2 motion. And it appears like Vietnamese followers could have lots to cheer for—a minimum of in Males’s Singles.
Three Vietnamese pickleball execs—Phuc Huynh, Hoang Nam Ly, and Hien Truong—barged into the Males’s Singles Semifinals on Thursday, with qualifier Thomas Yu the one non-Vietnam participant making it to the highest 4.
Yu, a Chinese language-born professional now based mostly within the US, continued his Cinderella run of types on the MB Vietnam Cup 2025 with a 2-1 (4-11, 11-6, 11-0) victory over Japan’s Kenta Miyoshi. He’ll subsequent tackle Huynh, the gold medallist within the MB Vietnam Open 2025, who made it to the highest 4 with a commanding 2-0 (11-0, 11-2) shellacking of Australia’s Mitchell Hargreaves.
The opposite semis bracket will see Ly, runner-up to Huynh within the MB Vietnam Open 2025, tackle Truong. Each males punched their tickets to the highest 4 with dominant victories, with Ly disposing of compatriot Giang Trinh, 2-0 (11-1, 11-0) and Truong getting the higher of rival Jack Wong Hong-kit, 2-0 (11-4, 11-3).
Kaitlyn Christian Will get Higher of Yufei Lengthy, Now a Step Nearer to One other Gold
American Kaitlyn Christian moved one step nearer to a different PPA Tour Asia gold on Thursday after overcoming three-time champ Yufei Lengthy, 2-0 (11-8, 11-7) in a extremely anticipated East vs. West duel that lived as much as the hype principally. Christian will subsequent tackle Liz Truluck, who dispatched Ting Chieh Wei, 2-1 (13-11, 4-11, 11-3).
Over on the different bracket, Roos Van Reek and Sahra Dennehy organized an all-Australia Semis showdown with victories over Hannah Blatt and Chai Yi Wang, respectively. Van Reek received the higher of Blatt, 2-0 (11-4, 11-7), whereas Dennehy had some tense moments earlier than finally beating Wang, 2-1 (11-6, Sep 11, 11-5).
Tyson McGuffin/Eric Oncins Keep in Line for Males’s Doubles Gold
The pair of Tyson McGuffin and Eric Oncins moved two wins away from including the MB Vietnam Open 2025 Males’s Doubles gold to their {hardware} as they blasted the pair of Jonathan Truong and Len Yang, 2-0 (11-6, 11-1) to make it to the highest 4 in Males’s Doubles. The 2 beforehand received gold in the identical division on the Panas Malaysia Open 2025 final weekend.
They are going to be taking over the Indian duo of Vanshik Kapadia and Harsh Mehta, who bucked a one-game deficit to stun the extremely touted pairing of Hong-kit and Kim Eunggwon, 2-1 (7-11, 11-3, 11-5).
The opposite bracket will function a high-profile matchup between Ben Johns/Dekel Bar and Armaan Bhatia/Zane Navratil. Johns/Bar simply dispatched Thomas Yu/Santosh Narayanan 2-0 (11-2, 11-6) to ebook a Semis spot, whereas Bhatia/Navratil ran throughout Kenta Miyoshi/Lucas Pascoe, 2-0 (11-2, 11-1).
Wang/Christian Organize Semis Duel with Nicola Schoeman/Danni-Elle Townsend
Kaitlyn Christian is trending in direction of one other gold, this time in Ladies’s Doubles, as she and associate Chao Yi Wang recovered from a horror begin to upend Ross Van Reek/Andia Dikosavljevic, 2-1 (1-11, 11-3, 11-9) in a match that received higher and higher.
They’ll subsequent go up in opposition to the Australian pairing of Nicola Schoeman and Danni-Elle Townsend, who bested Hsiang Wen Huang/Hannah Blatt, 2-1 (11-3, 10-12, 11-3) in a match that noticed will and beautiful momentum shifts.
The opposite bracket will see Pei-Chuan Kao/Liz Truluck going up in opposition to Ting Chieh Wei/Alix Truong after they swept Lengthy/Trang Huynh-McClain and Leah Tauber/Xiao Yi Wang-Beckvall, respectively.
Townsend/Navratil, Oncins/Van Reek Lead Blended Doubles Semis Forged
Lastly, in Blended Doubles, Wang/McGuffin, Townsend/Navratil, Van Reek/Oncins, and Truong/Truong make up the Semis forged as every pair—save for Townsend/Navratil—delivered sweeps within the Quarters.
Wang/McGuffin blasted Ho Tam/Tama Shimabukuro, 2-0 (11-1, 11-2), whereas Townsend/Navratil bested Schoeman/Pascoe, 2-1 (11-1, 7-11, 11-4) to rearrange a Semis showdown. On the opposite facet of the bracket, Van Reek/Oncins dominated Trinh/Lengthy, 2-0 (11-2, 11-1), whereas Truong/Truong blanked Dikosavljevic/Mehta, 2-0 (11-3, 11-5) to rearrange their very own Semis conflict.
Semifinals motion might be performed right this moment, 10 October 2025, with the gold medals to be disputed on Championship Saturday.
You may catch the Quartefinals motion or the livestream of the MB Vietnam Open 2025 HERE.
