Aqeel Khan of Pakistan hits a return against Artem Sitak of New Zealand during their Davis Cup Asia Oceania Zone Group II tennis match at the Pun Hlaing Golf & Country Club in Yangon on April 5. Photo by AFP The Myanmar Government has decided to move away from the country the Davis Cup Asia Read More ››
The Cambodian Davis Cup team bound for Myanmar and the Group III competition of the Asia Oceania Zone, from left to right: Mam Phalkun, Bun Kenny, Long Samneang, Mam Panhara and national team coach Braen Aneiros. Photograph: Sreng Meng Srun/Phnom Penh Post Cambodian Davis Cuppers are eager to change the arc of the Kingdom’s tennis Read More ››
Indochina’s entertainment and gaming industry leaders NagaWorld will renew their Davis Cup partnership with the Cambodian national tennis squad heading to Myanmar at the end of this month for their Asia Oceania Group III campaign. NagaWorld stepped in as the main sponsors to bolster the Tennis Federation of Cambodia in its historic Davis Cup debut Read More ››
Cambodian Davis Cupper Bun Kenny and his 18-year-old South Korean partner, Jee Hwan Kim, came tantalisingly close to their inaugural doubles triumph on the ITF Futures Tour before being overpowered by the British pair of Andrew Fitzpatrick and Josuha Ward-Hibbert in the final at the Pho Tho Tennis Club in Ho Chi Minh City on Read More ››
Second seed Robin Kern of Germany rained aces on his way to a 6-4, 6-4 win over top seed Axel Michon of France in the final of the $10,000 ITF Cambodian Futures for the GLF-Tep Khunnah Trophy at the National Training Centre on Saturday. Driven by the power his 1.9-metre, 89-kilogram frame ceaselessly produced, the Read More ››
China’s Gao Peng, who was on the mend the whole of last week after twisting an ankle, recovered well yesterday to knock out eighth-seeded Filip Veger of Croatia 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 and make today’s semi-finals of the US$10,000 ITF Cambodian Futures for the GLF-Tep Khunnah Trophy at the National Training Centre. Feared in the circuit Read More ››
A sense of relief was writ large on eighth-seeded Croatian Filip Veger’s face after he survived a sun-scorched, 165-minute, three-set battle against never-say-die Japanese left-hander Katsushi Fukuda 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 in the second round of the US$10,000 ITF Cambodian Futures for the GLF-Tep Khunnah Trophy at the National Training Centre yesterday. If one half of Read More ››
Eighth-seeded Filip Veger of Croatia had to work harder than he might have anticipated in getting the better of Cambodia’s Bun Kenny 6-2, 6-4 in the first round of the $10,000 ITF Cambodia Futures for the GLF-Tep Khunnah Trophy at the National Training Centre yesterday. The Croatian was more steady than spectacular, which meant that Read More ››
The life and times of Cambodian tennis legend Tep Khunnah came into sharp focus at the National Training Centre yesterday. The third and final leg of the Cambodian Futures series, which goes by its promotional name, the GLF-Tep Khunnah Trophy, marks the beginning of a week-long commemoration of Tep Khunnah’s priceless contribution to the Kingdom’s Read More ››
Russia-born Artem Sitak won his first ITF Futures singles title under the New Zealand flag in two years, outlasting the only surviving seed among the eight, Alexander Ward of Great Britain, in a pulsating three-setter 6-4, 6-7, 7-6 to bag the GLF-Cham Prasidh Cup at the National Training Centre on Saturday. “Thanks for reminding me Read More ››