Qualifier Thomas Yu had fairly a day on Wednesday on the opening salvo of the MB Vietnam Cup 2025. Yu, a local of China who’s now primarily based within the US, beat two early match favourites, first overcoming India’s prime participant Armaan Bhatia, 2-1 (6-1, 11-9, 11-4), within the Spherical of 32 earlier than beautiful Eric Oncins, 2-1 (11-9, 3-11, 11-9), within the Spherical of 16.
Yu will subsequent tackle Japan’s Kenta Miyoshi within the Quarterfinals. Miyoshi, like Oncins, was already seeded into the Spherical of 16, the place he beat Vietnam’s Nguyen Hung Anh, 2-0 (11-6, 11-5). Anh received to the Spherical of 16 by beating Japanese qualifier Nasa Hatakeyama, 2-0 (12-10, 0-11, 12-10).
The opposite Quarterfinal brackets are Mitchell Hargreaves vs. Phuc Huynh, Giang Trinh vs. Hoang Nam Ly, and Hieng Truong vs. Jack Wong Hong-kit.
Tyson McGuffin and Zoey Wang Survive, Ebook Quarters Spot
Over at Blended Doubles, the extremely favoured tandem of Chao Yi Wang and Tyson McGuffin narrowly defeated the pair of Len Yang and Ting Chieh Wei within the Spherical of 16, 2-1 (12-10, 6-11, 13-11) to cap a day filled with implausible motion. Wang and McGuffin, the highest seeds in Blended Doubles, truly confronted match level at 10-11 within the third recreation however dug deep to tug out the thriller.
“I assumed we fought effectively,” McGuffin stated of the efficiency. “I don’t assume our total degree was tremendous excessive, however typically you’ve simply received to win matches by discovering that subsequent gear, digging your tooth in, and that’s what we did.”
McGuffin and Wang will face the pair of Ho Tam and Tama Shimabukuro within the Quarterfinals. Different Quarterfinal matchups are Nicola Schoeman/Lucas Pascoe vs. Danni-Elle Townsend/Zane Navratil, Roos Van Reek/Eric Oncins vs. Giang Trinh/Yufei Lengthy, and Andie Dikosavljevic/Harsh Mehta vs. Alix Truong/Jonathan Truong.
Ben Johns and Dekel Bar Workforce Up, Make It to Quarters
In Males’s Doubles, Ben Johns and Dekel Bar teamed as much as defeat the duo of Hien Truong and Quan Do, 2-0 (11-1, 11-8) to kick off their marketing campaign with a visit to the Quarters. Johns and Bar final partnered in 2021 however didn’t appear to overlook a beat in spite of everything these years.
“I’ve been excited for this match and partnering up with Ben once more. It’s been a number of years, so it is a lot of enjoyable for me,” stated Bar after the match.
Johns and Bar will face an acid check subsequent once they tackle Yu and Santosh Narayanan. Different Quarterfinal brackets in Males’s Doubles will characteristic Miyoshi/Pascoe vs. Bhatia/Navratil, Hong-kit/Kim Eunggwon vs. Kapadia/Mehta, and Truong/Yang vs. McGuffin/Oncins.
Wang, Kaitlyn Christian Set Up Large Quarterfinal Matchup vs. Van Reek/Dikosavljevic
In Ladies’s Doubles, Wang and accomplice Kaitlyn Christian breezed by the duo of Sophia Nhi Huynh and Crystal Mildwaters, 2-0 (11-1, 11-2) to arrange a Quarterfinal conflict in opposition to the tandem of Van Reek and Dikosavljevic, who additionally cruised to the Quarters with a dominant 2-0 (11-1, 11-6) win of their very own in opposition to Pui Lengthy Fan and Ngoc Si.
In the identical bracket as Wang/Christian are the Quarterfinal showdowns between Schoeman/Townsend and Hsiang Wen Huang/Hannah Blatt. The opposite bracket will see Pei-chuan Kao/Liz Truluck vs. Lengthy/Trang Huynh-McClain and Leah Trauber/Xiao Yi Wang-Beckvall vs. Wei/Truong.
Christian, Lengthy Set Up A lot Anticipated Showdown
Over at Ladies’s Singles, Kaitlyn Christian and Yufei Lengthy arrange a much-anticipated Quarterfinal showdown with comparable dominant wins—2-0 (11-2, 11-4) for Christian versus Kao and 2-0 (11-7, 11-3) for Lengthy in opposition to Seina Shima. Christian, in fact, is extensively considered probably the greatest feminine pickleball professionals within the US, whereas Lengthy has established herself as Asia’s greatest on the distaff aspect.
The winner of Christian-Lengthy will face the winner of the Wei vs. Truluck conflict. The opposite Quarterfinal bracket in Ladies’s Singles will see Blatt taking up Van Reek and Sahra Dennehy going through off in opposition to Wang.
