Vietnamese top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has withdrawn from the 2015 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold, scheduled to be held in Bangkok, Thailand from September 29 through October 4. — Photo thethaovietnam.vn

HA NOI  (VNS) — Vietnamese top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has withdrawn from the 2015 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold, scheduled to be held in Bangkok, Thailand from September 29 through October 4.

Minh said he wanted to have time of rest after competing in recent tournaments.

At the Yonex Sunrise Viet Nam Open 2015, held in HCM City last month, the Olympian Minh was stopped in the third round. — VNS