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Minh enters quarterfinals of Yonex US Open

Nguyễn Tiến Minh. – Photo thethaovanhoa.vn

HÀ NỘI — Nguyễn Tiến Minh earned a ticket to compete in the quarterfinals of the  二0 一 七 Yonex US Open Badminton Championships at the Anaheim Convention Centre Arena today.

Việt Nam’s No  一 player Minh, who is world No  六 六, came from behind to defeat world No  三 五 Pablo Abian of Spain in the third round  一 九- 二 一,  二 一- 一 九,  二 一- 一 一 in one hour and  一 七 minutes.

HCM City-born Minh will meet Jeon Hyeok Jin of South Korea, world No  四0, in the quarterfinals.

Earlier, Minh crushed Sam Parsons of England, world No  八 六,  二 三- 二 一,  二 一- 一 三 in the first round. Then he bested Indian Harsheel Dani, world No  一0 二,  二 七- 二 五,  二 一- 九.

“I am very glad to reach the quarterfinals of a tournament that is part of the BWF Grand Prix Gold Series,” Minh said after the match.

The event attracted popular players including  二0 一 六 US Olympians Jamie Subandhi, Sattawat Pongnairat, Howard Shu, and Phillip Chew, as well as some of the world’s greatest badminton players such as Beiwen Zhang, Lee Hyun-Il, Michelle Li and legendary player Tony Gunawan.

The event, which has prize money of US$ 一 二0,000, will end on July  二 三.

Following this event, Minh will compete in the Southeast Asian Games to be held in Malaysia next month. He is Vietnamese badminton’s main hope for a medal at the Games. — VNS