Nguyen Tien Minh of Vietnam will compete at the Swiss Open Badminton championship on March 16-21.
The Vietnamese athlete, who ranked ninth in the world, is seeded No. 7.
He will meet the winner from the qualifiers, most likely Kazushi Yamada of Japan .
Minh, who is expected to at least make it to the quarter-finals, will play the winner of the match between Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk from Thailand and Carl Baxter in the second round if successful in his first game.
If he makes it to the quarter finals, he will most probably meet Chen Jin of China , who is the world No 3.
It will be the third time Minh and Chen would have met.
Earlier, Minh lost to the Chinese player at the Republic of Korea Open . Their second encounter will be at the All- England tournament, which kicks off next week./.
The Vietnamese athlete, who ranked ninth in the world, is seeded No. 7.
He will meet the winner from the qualifiers, most likely Kazushi Yamada of Japan .
Minh, who is expected to at least make it to the quarter-finals, will play the winner of the match between Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk from Thailand and Carl Baxter in the second round if successful in his first game.
If he makes it to the quarter finals, he will most probably meet Chen Jin of China , who is the world No 3.
It will be the third time Minh and Chen would have met.
Earlier, Minh lost to the Chinese player at the Republic of Korea Open . Their second encounter will be at the All- England tournament, which kicks off next week./.
