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Minh successfully defends champion title
  • | VNA | August 27, 2012 12:04 PM
Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh beat Japanese rival Takuma Ueda 21-14 and 21-19 in the men’s singles final of the Yonex Sunrise Vietnam Open in Ho Chi Minh City on August 26.
 
This is the fourth title he has claimed after five competitions of the tournament, the other three were won in 2008, 2009 and 2011.

It is also a great consolation to Minh following his disappointing performance at the London 2012 Olympics last month, when he crashed out in the group stage.


Thai and Indonesian players dominated other events, winning two out of four remaining titles each.


In the women’s singles, top seed Porntip Buranaprasetuk of Thailand won first prize after beating unseeded Lindaweni Fanetri of Indonesia 21-10, 21-18 in the final.


Thai pair Bodin Issara and Memeepong Jongjit overcame their Indonesian opponents Yohanes Shendy Sugiarto and Afiat Yuris Wirawan 19-21, 21-16 and 21-11 in the men’s doubles.


Indonesia duo Pia Zabadiah Bernadeth and Rizki Amelia Pradipta defeated Malaysia’s Hui Ern Ng and Hui Lin Ng to win the women’s doubles.


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