MB Vietnam Cup 2025 Champions & Highlights
DA NANG — Sept 30–Oct 4, 2025. Two venues—Tien Son Sports Arena and Tuyen Son Sports Complex—staged five days that kept scaling up, capped by a Guinness-certified crowd of 7,906 for finals under the lights. Local favorites and touring pros traded counter-speedups, fearless thirds, and lightning hands in matches that felt bigger by the hour.
Singles, Under Lights: Dennehy Breakthrough; van Reek on the Dais
Sahra Dennehy won her first PPA Asia singles crown over Liz Truluck, closing with clean finishes on Championship day. Roos van Reek fought through the top half to bronze, a steady, first-strike week that kept her name on the final order of play.
Home Surge, Bracket Breaker: Huynh’s Title & Yu’s Jolt
Vietnam got its dream final as Phuc Huynh defeated Hien Truong for gold, with Hoang Nam Ly taking bronze. Earlier, Thomas Yu flipped the script by stunning top seed Eric Oncins and riding that momentum to fourth—the upset that changed the week’s rhythm.
Chemistry on Repeat: Christian/Wang, and Schoeman’s Bronze
Kaitlyn Christian / Chao Yi “Zoey” Wang repeated their title run, beating Ting-chieh Wei / Alix Truong for gold. Nicola Schoeman / Danni-Elle Townsend earned bronze, their connected doubles—resets into pressure, brave hands in the kitchen—holding up in the late rounds.
Late Swing Decides It: McGuffin/Oncins over Navratil/Bhatia
A tight Men’s Doubles final swung hard at the end: Tyson McGuffin / Eric Oncins defeated Zane Navratil / Armaan Bhatia (5–11, 11–9, 11–0), with Ben Johns / Dekel Bar taking bronze. The level held across early rounds too—fast hands and bold speed-ups kept seeds honest all week.
Mixed on a String: Truong/Truong Gold; Hsieh Top-Five
Siblings Alix & Jonathan Truong topped Wang / McGuffin for gold; Navratil / Townsend claimed bronze. Yu-chieh Hsieh, partnering Santhosh Narayanan, finished 5th—built on counter-speedups and calm traffic control at the kitchen.
What Vietnam Leaves Behind
Da Nang delivered pace, nerve, and a crowd that turned long rallies into theater. The champions earned it; the chasers kept them honest. In the middle of it, our ambassadors found real traction—van Reek on the singles podium, Yu cracking the draw to the final four, Schoeman stepping onto the doubles dais, and Hsieh steady inside the mixed top-five.
As the swing rolls on, we’re proud to stand alongside them—shoulder to shoulder—and to keep our brief simple: put winners on the court.
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