Nguyen Tien Minh . — Photo motthegioi

HA NOI  (VNS) — Viet Nam's top player Nguyen Tien Minh will meet No 3 seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei in the Asian Badminton Championships starting today in China.

His teammate Vu Thi Trang will face No 1 seed Li Xuerui of the hosts in the women's singles second round.

Trang and Nguyen Thi Sen will meet Ma Jin and Tang Yuanting of China in the first round of the women's doubles.

In the men's doubles, Duong Bao Duc and Nguyen Hoang Nam will play against Kim Ki-jung and Kim Sa-rang of South Korea in the second round.

Dao Manh Thang and Pham Nhu Thao will meet Paul Jefferson Vivas and Jessie Francisco of the Philippines in the first round of the mixed doubles. — VNS