Nguyen Tien Minh has won a place in the quarter-finals of the Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold Open on Aug. 5.
Minh , Vietnam 's top badminton player, crushed Indonesian Alamsyah Yunus 21-15, 17-21, 21-19 in the third round.
Minh, seeded No 1, was granted a bye in the first round.
Yunus, meanwhile, was up against Chinese Taipei's Chia Hsuan Lin in his first match. After a hard-fought contest, he triumphed 21-19, 21-17 – but the victory invariably took its toll on player.
Earlier, Minh, ranked 6 in the world, spent just 21 minutes demolishing Hung Ming Chi of Chinese Taipei 21-5, 21-19.
In his match today, Minh will play Hashim Muhammad Hafiz of Malaysia , seeded No 7. Hashim on Aug. 5 beat fellow countryman Chong Wei Feng 21-13, 21-18.
Hashim lost to Minh in the semi-finals of the tournament last year. However, the 27-year-old later lost to the Malaysian at the Hong Kong Open.
The final will take place on Sunday. The winner will earn 200,000 USD and 7,000 points towards his world ranking./.
Minh , Vietnam 's top badminton player, crushed Indonesian Alamsyah Yunus 21-15, 17-21, 21-19 in the third round.
Minh, seeded No 1, was granted a bye in the first round.
Yunus, meanwhile, was up against Chinese Taipei's Chia Hsuan Lin in his first match. After a hard-fought contest, he triumphed 21-19, 21-17 – but the victory invariably took its toll on player.
Earlier, Minh, ranked 6 in the world, spent just 21 minutes demolishing Hung Ming Chi of Chinese Taipei 21-5, 21-19.
In his match today, Minh will play Hashim Muhammad Hafiz of Malaysia , seeded No 7. Hashim on Aug. 5 beat fellow countryman Chong Wei Feng 21-13, 21-18.
Hashim lost to Minh in the semi-finals of the tournament last year. However, the 27-year-old later lost to the Malaysian at the Hong Kong Open.
The final will take place on Sunday. The winner will earn 200,000 USD and 7,000 points towards his world ranking./.
