Top player Nguyen Tien Minh (World No.10) missed a chance to proceed at the tournament after suffering a crushing defeat by Indian opponent Srikanth, who currently stands 15 steps below Minh on the world ratings.
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In the women’s single event, Vietnam’s Vu Thi Trang (World No.95) lost to No.4 seed Bae Yeon Ju (World No.6) of the Republic of Korea although Trang did manage to claim two earlier victories over Anna Astrakhantseva of Russia and Cheah Lydia of Malaysia in previous matches.
With 3,600 points earned at the Super Series matches and 4,000 from the Vietnam Challenge tourney, Trang is a hopeful to enter the world’s top 70.
In the mixed team’s event, Vietnam will compete against German rivals on April 11 with the aim of eking out an 11th place at the ongoing tournament in Singapore.
