Taipei Open: Tien Minh enters quarter-final
Nguyen Tien Minh is the sole Vietnamese representative at the Yonex Open Chinese Taipei badminton event after his double win on July 17.
The world No 17 and tournament No 4 beat host rival Yu Hsien Lin 19-21, 21-4, 21-12 in the third round and Sukamata Evert of Indonesia 21-6, 21-16 in the second round match earlier.
In the first quarter-finals, he will play Nan Wei of Hong Kong, who is seeded No 10 here. At the same day, Wei came from behind to defeat No 5 Simon Santoro 18-21, 23-21, 22-20.
Earlier, Minh’s teammate and girlfriend Vu Thi Trang was eliminated by Taipei Ya Ching Hsu, No 8 seed, after a 21-10, 21-19 defeat.
Trang’s pair with Nguyen Thi Sen also failed in the women’s double event, losing easily 8-21, 14-21 to No 2 duo Jang Ye-na and Kim So-young of the Republic of Korea.