Minh sticks at No. 52 in BWF world rankings

May 01, 2017 - 07:39 PM

Vietnamese top badminton star Nguyen Tien Minh remains at world No. 52 for the second month in a row in the latest rankings, reports the Badminton World Federation.

Nguyen Tien Minh

The top spot went to Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia. The second and third slots went to Viktor Axelsen and Jan O Jorgensen of Denmark, respectively.

During April Minh lost 16-21, 9-21 to Son Wan Ho of the Republic of Korea at the men’s singles in the first round of the Badminton Asia Championships in China, which didn’t help advance his world ranking.

Source: vov

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