Minh enters Singapore quarter-finals

June 21, 2013 - 10:01 PM

Top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh secured a berth in the quarter-finals of the Singapore Open after he beat Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk of Thailand in the second round.

Nguyen Tien Minh

Top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh secured a berth in the quarter-finals of the Singapore Open after he beat Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk of Thailand in the second round on June 20.

Olympian Minh beat the world No 22 2-1 (21-17, 21-5, 21-13) in a match lasting 52 minutes.

Today he is scheduled to meet Marc Zwiebler of Germany, who unexpectedly defeated seed No 1 Du Pengyu, in the quarter-finals.

The HCM City-born player bested Zwiebler in the previous four meets.

In the latest ranking of the Word Badminton Federation, Minh dropped one place to tenth.

Source: VNS

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