LookAtVietnam – Viet Nam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh is the second seed for the US$120,000 Bingo Bonanza Philippine Open Grand Prix Badminton Championships which opens today, June 30.

Nguyen Tien Minh.

Minh, who defeated world No 1 Lee Chong Wei, of Malaysia, in the third round of the Singapore Open earlier this month, is expected to meet Hong Kong’s Yun Hu, world No 67, in the quarter-finals.

If Minh reaches the final, he is likely to meet Hong Kong’s Chan Yan Kit, who is seeded No 1 or No 3 seed Malaysian Lee Tsuen Seng.

The tournament, which attracts top shuttlers from throughout the world, is in the Philsports Arena (formerly UL-TRA), Pasig City. It wraps up on Sunday.

The annual 4-star tournament was cancelled last year because of the Olympics in Beijing, where Minh became the first Vietnamese badminton player to compete at that level.

VietNamNet/Viet Nam News