Hai Duong player Nguyen Duc Tuan has decided to drop out of the men's singles event in the 41st Nhan Dan Newspaper National Table Tennis Championship due to a recurring injury.
After Nguyen Duc Tuan withdrew from the competition due to injury, the men's singles event of Hai Duong team now only depends on Doan Ba Tuan Anh (left).
The men's singles was the final competition of the Hai Duong table tennis team at this tournament. In the women's singles, all Hai Duong players were eliminated.
Nguyen Duc Tuan's injury recurred in the men's and women's doubles final on the evening of July 8, when Hai Duong met the Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City alliance. In that match, when Nguyen Duc Tuan and Bui Ngoc Lan were leading Nguyen Anh Tu - Mai Hoang My Trang 2-1, Duc Tuan's lumbar injury recurred, forcing him to lie on the field and seek medical attention. After returning to the competition, Hai Duong's men's and women's pair were tied 2-2 by the alliance and continued to lose in the fifth game, accepting the silver medal.
Nguyen Duc Tuan cannot continue playing due to a lumbar injury.
Thus, the Hai Duong table tennis team now only has Doan Ba Tuan Anh playing in the men's singles. In the semi-final match taking place on the afternoon of July 9, if Tuan Anh overcomes Dinh Anh Hoang of T&T, he will be in the final, meeting Nguyen Anh Tu (Hanoi) or Le Tien Dat (T&T).
Dinh Anh Hoang and Le Dinh Duc are the two players who won against Tuan.Older brotherand Duc Tuan in the men's doubles final on the evening of July 8.
TIEN HUY