The Vietnamese mens doubles team won a bronze medal Saturday at the Golden Racquet Table Tennis Championship in HCMC with hopes now turning to singles competition at the events conclusion on Sunday.

The Vietnamese mens duo, Tran Quan Quynh and Nguyen Nam Hai, garnered a series of victories over Malaysia, Australia, India, and China to advance to semifinal game with the Republic of Korea contenders, Kim Nam Soo and Lim Young Jun.

However, this was as far as Quynh and Hai advanced as they were beaten to 3-0 Saturday earning a bronze medal.

Earlier, Vietnams womens doubles and the mixed doubles team had been eliminated.

Vietnam now hopes for victories in the mens and womens singles events on Sunday.

About 110 athletes from nine countries partook in the event from July 12-16 at Phan Dinh Phung sports center in District 1.

Team-event results:

Mens doubles:

Gold medal: Go Jae Bok Hwang Sung Hoon (Korea Republic)

Silver medal: Kim Nam Soo Lim Young Jun (Korea Republic)

Bronze medal: Tuan Quynh Nam Hai (Vietnam)

Womens doubles:

Gold medal: Nanthana Kom Wong Anisara Muangsuk (Thailand)

Silver medal: Xu Jie Jia Lin Qing (China)

Bronze medal: Ko So Mi Kim Soo Yuon (Korea Republic) Lee Kyeo La Kwon Yeon Ock (Korea Republic)

Mixed doubles:

Gold medal: Gao Ning Sun Bei Bei (Singapore)

Silver medal: Cai Xiao Li Zhang Xue Ling (Singapore)

Bronze medal: Fan Xu Dong Wu Mei (China); Jiang Tian Yi Yu Kwok See (Hong Kong).

Reported by Nhut Quang Translated by Minh Phat