Facolos Puts Five Athletes and Five Paddles on Display at PPA HCM Open
Andrew LeeYufei Long won Women's Doubles gold at the PPA HCM Open on a Facolos Elite X Hybrid, the headline result in a five-athlete showcase the brand ran across the tournament. Tue Ngoc, Ngo Hai Dang, Timothy Foo, and Mitch Hargreaves each competed on a different paddle from the Elite X and NEXX lines the same week.
A Deliberate Bet That Paid Off
Long had entered both Women's Singles and Women's Doubles but chose to put her full focus into doubles. The decision paid off, she and her partner went all the way to the title.
A Full Roster, Not Just One Paddle Line
The other four results show a genuine paddle-line spread rather than one model doing all the work: Tue Ngoc on the NEXX, Ngo Hai Dang on the Elite X V2.0, Timothy Foo on the Elite X Elongated, and Mitch Hargreaves on the Elite X Signature, his own named signature paddle. Hargreaves competed across three divisions at the tournament: Men's Singles, Men's Doubles, and Mixed Doubles.
Five athletes on five distinct models at one stop, one of them carrying his own name on the paddle, is more than a single sponsorship post. It is a coordinated, line-wide activation.
A Brand Built for Asia's Pro Circuit
Facolos is headquartered in Vietnam with a global apparel and paddle lineup, and it is active around major Asia tour stops like the PPA HCM Open.
This article is based on social media posts and historical data tracked by Pickle361.
