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Minh advances to third round in China


Viet Nam's badminton ace Nguyen Tien Minh reached the third round at the world badminton championships, overcoming Domke Dieter of Germany in the second round in straight sets.

HA NOI (VNS)—Viet Nam's badminton ace Nguyen Tien Minh reached the third round at the world badminton championships, overcoming Domke Dieter of Germany in the second round in straight sets.

Dieter, tournament seed No 64, put up a strong fight to go down 22-24, 17-21 after 39 minutes.

HCM City-born Minh, seed No 7 and world No 7, will face the winner of Jayaram Ajay of India versus Abian Pablo of Spain in the third round. — VNS

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