Taking place over 2 days at Hoang Thien Stadium (District 8), the tennis tournament within the framework of the 2025 "HCMC Journalists" Sports Festival has officially ended, attracting nearly 300 athletes from more than 30 press agencies, media and businesses.
This is one of the key sports activities to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21,25 - June 21, 2025).
This year's tournament is organized with 4 competition events, applying a direct elimination format, helping to increase competitiveness and create many dramatic matches with close scores. The professional qualifications of the players are relatively even, bringing exciting and tense chase scores.
In the content of the male press leader duo over 50 years old, the couple Tran Ngoc Linh - Nguyen Thanh Dong (SCTV) won the championship. The content of the male couple press under the age of 45 recorded the victory of the duo Nguyen Huy Hoang - Duong Thanh Ba (VOV - Ho Chi Minh City Journalists Association).
Notably, tennis player Nguyen Phi Long (Lao Dong People's Newspaper) won a double title in both the mixed and women's doubles and the mixed-use - business doubles, showing stability and diverse competition ability.
According to Mr. Pham Minh Tho - Head of the referee team, the tournament was organized methodically, the matches took place in a serious, fair and professional atmosphere, receiving high consensus from athletes.
This year's tournament continues to demonstrate the role of grassroots sports in health training, enhancing exchanges and connections between the press and businesses.
Today (6.6), the sports festival continues with the pickleball sport at the 8386 Pickleball Club (Thu Duc City) field cluster, attracting more than 160 athletes to participate.
