Nguyen Tien Minh moved into the second round of the VICTOR Korea Open Super Series in Seoul on Wednesday with a hard fought 2-0 victory over Joachim Persson of Denmark.

At 17-17 in the first set, Persson scored three consecutive points to lead 20-17 and needed just one more point to take the set.

However, Minh kept calm and scored five consecutive points to win the first set 22-20.

The first set victory boosted Minh’s spirits and he went on to win the second 21-16.

In the second round, Minh will face rising star Pengyu Du from China who is currently ranked 32^nd in the world.

Despite the lower ranking, the Chinese player is predicted to be a big challenge for Minh because it took Pengyu just one year to jump to that position while it took Minh almost five years.

The January 12-17 competition in Seoul, which offers a total of US$300,000 in cash prizes, has attracted major players including world number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia.

Source: SGGP