In the women's event, Vietnamese representative Vu Thi Trang also advanced to the quarter-finals with a comfortable 21-9, 21-10 win.— Photo ngoisao

HA NOI (VNS)—Nguyen Tien Minh yesterday advanced to the quarter-finals of the Yonex Chinese Taipei Open in New Taipei City.

No 1 seed Minh defeated No 14 seed Zulfadli Zulkiffli of Malaysia 21-16, 21-15 in the third round. Earlier yesterday, he beat Sheng-Jie Yang of the hosts 21-15, 21-14

The world No 5 will play Khosit Phetpradab of Thailand today.

In the women's event, Vietnamese representative Vu Thi Trang also advanced to the quarter-finals with a comfortable 21-9, 21-10 win.

She will next meet Juan Gu of Singapore.

The tournament will finish on Sunday with the winners walking away with S$200,000. — VNS