HA NOI (VNS) — Viet Nam Vu Thi Trang will face fourth seed Wang Yihan of China in the first round of the women's singles at the Singapore Super Series badminton competition today.

Trang broke into the top 50 last week, while her rival is a former world No 1.

In the men's draw, top Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh also faces stiff competition in the first round against No 3 seed Kidambi Srikanth of India.

The Singapore Open kicked off yesterday and will wrap up on Sunday.

Trang and Minh will also represent Viet Nam at the Asian Championships from April 21-26. — VNS