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Vietnam Open to feature high-ranking domestic, int’l players

The 2022 Yonex-Sunrise Vietnam Open badminton tournament will bring high-ranking international players and domestic athletes to Nguyen Du Gymnasium in Ho Chi Minh City.
Vietnam Open to feature high-ranking domestic, int’l players ảnh 1National champion Le Duc Phat will represent Vietnam at 2022 Yonex-Sunrise Vietnam Open badminton tournament. (Photo: Internet)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The 2022 Yonex-Sunrise VietnamOpen badminton tournament will bring high-ranking international players anddomestic athletes to Nguyen Du Gymnasium in Ho Chi Minh City.

It is one of the Badminton World Federation's Super 100 Tour andwill be organised from September 27 to October 2 with 200 participants.

Athletes will compete in five categories of men's and women'ssingles, doubles, and mixed doubles, for a total purse of 75,000 USD.

World No 17 Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan is seeded No 1 in themen's singles. He is followed by No 41 Sai Praneeth from India and No 28Kodai Naraoka of Japan.

In the women's class, Aya Ohori is the leading athlete. TheJapanese star is world No 26. Other seeds include No 30 Saina Nehwal ofIndia and No 40 Putri Kusuma Wardani of Indonesia.

Nguyen Thuy Linh is the only host athlete in the top 10. She is No6 and is expected to get a high result after winning the Yonex BelgianInternational title on September 17.

Domestic hopes

In addition to Linh, Vietnam sends a strong contingent of 54players and coaches to the tournament.

Vietnamese legend Nguyen Tien Minh, former world No 5, will playChinese Sun Fei Xiang in the first round of the men's singles.

Minh is one of three domestic players starting from the mainround. 

National champion Le Duc Phat will meet Sholeh Aidilfrom Malaysia, while Nguyen Hai Dang gets a bye to the second round.

Linh will take charge of medal hopes in the female competition.She will first play unseeded teammate Pham Thi Dieu Ly in the first match.

Meanwhile, veteran Vu Thi Trang will face No 8 Ashmita Chaliha ofIndia while her junior teammate Vu Thi Anh Thu, who made strong progressrecently, will have a huge challenge as she is to play No 3 Wardani. 

The individual winner will walk away with 5,625 USD, while thewinning pair will receive 5,925 USD.

The Vietnam Open, which was first organised in 1996, returned toaction after two years of being postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the last edition in 2019, Sourabh Verma of Indiaand Zhang Yi Man of China won men's and women's singles titles,respectively. 

The Korean pair won the men's double gold; the women's doublestitle went to Indonesia. China took the mixed doubles./.
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