International

• Bun Kenny goes into main draw

  5/22/13 •

  Futures tennis Cambodia’s Davis Cup pivot Bun Kenny won two qualifying matches back-to-back over Thai rivals to secure a place in the main draw of the ITF Thailand Men’s Futures tennis tournament at Bangkok’s Rama Garden Sports Complex yesterday. The 22-year-old right hander, who is currently ranked 1,270th in the world, will face in the Read More ››
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  German Kern aces out Michon in Futures final

  12/12/12 •

  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 ››
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  Gao crashes party of seeds

  12/12/12 •

  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 ››
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  Veger keeps Fukuda at bay

  12/12/12 •

  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 ››
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  Kenny, Pannhara bow out of final home Futures

  12/12/12 •

  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 ››
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  Tennis legend Tep Khunnah remembered

  12/12/12 •

  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 ››
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  Michon avenges as Sitak strikes

  12/03/12 •

  French left-hander Axel Michon, who was in the eye of a storm last week after losing the title to Maximilian Neuchrist in a tense three-setter, had his revenge in yesterday’s quarterfinals of the ITF Futures for the GLF-Cham Prasidh Cup at the National Training Centre. Apart from Michon’s sharp serves and even sharper ground strokes Read More ››
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  Bar raises himself to scalp fifth-seeded Escoffier

  11/30/12 •

  It has taken Israel’s Dekel Bar nearly a year and a half of hard work, tedious travel and grinding qualifiers to gain a place in the quarter-finals of an ITF Futures event since he last made the grade on his debut at home in Tel Aviv. The tall and athletic 19-year-old right-hander entered the final Read More ››
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  No upsets at Futures, Bun Kenny bites the dust

  11/30/12 •

  An unusually high number of unforced errors flowed from Kenny’s side while his rival made very few, staying solidly consistent from the baseline and mixing them up with some sterling advances to the net. “It looked as if he was down from the first point. Usually he has a reliable backhand, but there were so Read More ››
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  GLF chief promises bonuses for quarterfinalists

  11/30/12 •

  Players making the quarterfinals of the on-going ITF Futures Championship for the GLF-Cham Prasidh Cup are in for a pleasant surprise and a welcome extra pay packet on top of official prize money. President of Group Lease Finance, Mitsuji Konoshita, whose hire purchase company is the main sponsor of the remaining two back-to-back Futures events Read More ››