Vietnam\'s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh books a quarter-final berth in the Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold Open yesterday.

Nguyen Tien Minh has won a place in the quarter-finals of the Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold Open yesterday.

Minh, Vietnam\'s top badminton player, crushed Indonesian Alamsyah Yunus 21-15, 17-21, 21-19 in the third round.

Minh, seeded No 1, was granted a bye in the first round.

Yunus, meanwhile, was up against Chinese Taipei\'s Chia Hsuan Lin in his first match. After a hard-fought contest, he triumphed 21-19, 21-17 – but the victory invariably took its toll on player.

Earlier, Minh, ranked 6 in the world, spent just 21 minutes demolishing Hung Ming Chi of Chinese Taipei 21-5, 21-19.

In his match today, Minh will play Hashim Muhammad Hafiz of Malaysia, seeded No 7. Hashim yesterday beat fellow countryman Chong Wei Feng 21-13, 21-18.

Hashim lost to Minh in the semi-finals of the tournament last year. However, the 27-year-old later lost to the Malaysian at the Hong Kong Open.

The final will take place on Sunday. The winner will earn US$200,000 and 7,000 points towards his world ranking.