{"id":4614,"date":"2026-08-10T23:15:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T14:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/news\/vietnam-hometown-gold\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T19:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T10:51:07","slug":"vietnam-hometown-gold","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/news\/vietnam-hometown-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-awaited gold at home in Ho Chi Minh City as Vietnam delivers at PPA Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the PPA Asia 500 MB Ho Chi Minh City Open 2026, held August 6\u20139 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, the local pair of Hien Truong and Quang Do won the men's doubles. At an international event in Asia where overseas players usually fill the top places, a host-country pair stood on the highest step. For Japan, having just staged its own PPA Asia 500 in Tachikawa, Tokyo in July, a neighboring country's example of winning at home carries weight.<\/p>\n

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The story belongs to Hien Truong. According to initial reports, he had spent the season finishing silver, bronze and silver at events in his own country, always a step short of the top, with gold on home courts the one thing missing. Sunday in Ho Chi Minh City ended that run. In the men's doubles final, Truong and partner Quang Do came from behind to beat Hoang Nam Ly and Collin Johns 11-13, 11-6, 11-4. They dropped the first game, then rebuilt through the second and third.<\/p>\n

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Event<\/th>\nWinner<\/th>\nRunner-up<\/th>\nScore<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Men's Doubles<\/td>\nHien Truong \/ Quang Do (Vietnam)<\/td>\nHoang Nam Ly \/ Collin Johns<\/td>\n11-13, 11-6, 11-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Women's singles<\/td>\nAndie Dikosavljevic (Australia)<\/td>\nTran Huynh (Vietnam)<\/td>\n11-2, 9-11, 11-7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Men's singles<\/td>\nAdam Harvey (USA)<\/td>\nLuc Pham (USA)<\/td>\n11-4, 11-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Women\u2019s doubles<\/td>\nDikosavljevic \/ Yufei Long (China)<\/td>\nWang-Beckvall \/ Tang<\/td>\n12-10, 11-5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mixed doubles<\/td>\nJack Wong \/ Lingwei Kong (Hong Kong and others)<\/td>\nTang \/ Kim<\/td>\n4-11, 11-8, 11-9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n

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Second Vietnam stop for the PPA Asia 500, with a circuit spreading to Tokyo, Beijing and KL<\/h2>\n

This Ho Chi Minh City event was the second stop the PPA Tour Asia held in Vietnam in 2026, following the Hanoi event that year. The Asian circuit also reaches Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, Macau, Singapore and Beijing, and organizers said this event alone drew more than 500 players from over 20 countries and regions. Total prize money was US$70,000 with 500 ranking points. At 150 yen to the dollar, the purse comes to roughly 10.5 million yen.<\/p>\n

The venue was City Park inside The Global City, a new urban center in Ho Chi Minh City. Alongside outdoor courts built to international specifications, an air-conditioned arena was prepared. That the North American PPA now brings an operation this size to prime land in a Southeast Asian city shows Asian pickleball starting to work as a spectator and commercial product.<\/p>\n

What Ho Chi Minh City's way of winning means for Japan, which has its own Tokyo Open<\/h2>\n

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There is something to learn on court too. Truong's pair dropped the first game 11-13, then raised the accuracy of their returns and serves from the second game on to open the scoring at 11-6 and 11-4. That sense for regrouping after breaking down once against stronger opponents is something competitive players in Japan can work on in practice.<\/p>\n

What one win in Ho Chi Minh City leaves behind<\/h2>\n

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