Minh enters New Zealand tournament’s quarter-finals

March 25, 2016 - 16:10

Nguyễn Tiến Minh is the only Vietnamese player left at the SkyCity New Zealand badminton tournament in Auckland City.

Nguễn Tiến Minh enters quarter-finals of the New Zealand Open tournament. Photo vietnamplus.vn

Nguyễn Tiến Minh is the only Vietnamese player left at the SkyCity New Zealand badminton tournament in Auckland City.

Minh defeated Fikri Ihsandi Hadmadi of Indonesia 21-13, 21-12 in the men’s third-round singles match on March 24.

In the quarter-finals, the ninth seed will play No 12 seed Qiao Bin of China who beat No 7 Christie Jonatan of Indonesia 22-24, 21-15, 21-15.
Việt Nam’s Vũ Thị Trang was ousted from the women’s singles event after losing 14-21, 12-21 to third seed Bae Yeon Ju of South Korea.

The tournament ends on Sunday, with the winners heading home with US$10,000. -- VNS

 

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