Minh enters quarterfinals of Yonex US Open

Nguyen Tien Minh earned a ticket to compete in the quarterfinals of the 2017 Yonex US Open Badminton Championships at the Anaheim Convention Centre Arena on July 21.
Minh enters quarterfinals of Yonex US Open ảnh 1Badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh (Source: VNA)
Hanoi(VNA) - Nguyen Tien Minh earned a ticket to compete in the quarterfinals of the2017 Yonex US Open Badminton Championships at the Anaheim ConventionCentre Arena on July 21.

Vietnam’s No 1 player, who is world No 66, came from behind to defeat world No35 Pablo Abian of Spain in the third round 19-21, 21-19, 21-11 in one hourand 17 minutes.

HCM City-born Minh will meet Jeon Hyeok Jin of the Republic of Korea, world No40, in the quarterfinals.

Earlier, Minh crushed Sam Parsons of England, world No 86, 23-21, 21-13 in thefirst round. Then he bested Indian Harsheel Dani, world No 102, 27-25, 21-9.

“I am very glad to reach the quarterfinals of a tournament that is part of theBWF Grand Prix Gold Series,” Minh said after the match.

The event attracted popular players including 2016 US Olympians Jamie Subandhi,Sattawat Pongnairat, Howard Shu, and Phillip Chew, as well as some of theworld’s greatest badminton players such as Beiwen Zhang, Lee Hyun-Il, MichelleLi and legendary player Tony Gunawan.

The event, which has prize money of 120,000 USD, will end on July 23.

Following this event, Minh will compete in the Southeast Asian Games to be heldin Malaysia next month. He is Vietnamese badminton’s main hope for a medal atthe Games.-VNA
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