Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has retained the 10th place in the latest men's rankings in the Badminton World Federation although he was ousted from the first round of the recent Asian Badminton Championships.

In the Australia Open Grand Prix Gold early this month, two-time Olympian Minh only reached the quarter-finals. He made the final match of the same event last year.

Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei still topped, followed by China's Chen Long and Du Pengyu.-VNS