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Vietnamese female badminton players win in first round of Austrian Open
Updated: 14:36, 23/02/2020
Top Vietnamese female badminton players Vu Thi Trang and Nguyen Thuy Linh have won in the first round of the Austria Open.
Trang, world No 46, beat Prashi Joshi of India 2-1 (25-23, 11-21, 21-5). While Linh, world No 47, defeated Wen Chi Hsu of Chinese Taipei 2-0 (21-15, 22-20).
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Badminton player Vu Thi Trang. |
Trang will next meet Ting Yu Liang of Chinese Taipei, while Linh will face Amalie Schulz of Denmark.
Meanwhile, Vietnam’s No 1 male player Nguyen Tien Minh, world No 53, was ousted from the first round by Lee Chia Hao of Chinese Taipei, world No 130.
The event has a total prize fund of 25,000 USD and belongs to the international challenge system of the World Badminton Federation. The best athletes will gain points to qualify for the Olympics.
(BGO)
– Though Tien Minh passed the peak of his sport competing career, the badminton
player is still No. 1 hope at the SEA Games 30 while his Bac Giang born wife Vu
Thi Trang acts as the key face in the journey to conquer the victory of Vietnamese
badminton.
(BGO) - The National Badminton Championship for the Middle-Aged and Old Players
took place from 12 to 18 September in Da Lat city, the Central Highland
province of Lam Dong by the General
Department of Sports, Vietnam Association of the Elderly, Vietnam National
Olympic Committee and Vietnam Badminton Federation.
(BGO) – The Bac
Giang born player Vu Thi Trang (world No 74) on August 20 made big surprise at the Badminton World Championship
2019 held in the Switzerland after defeating No.15 seed Line Kjaersfeldt of Denmark (world No 17) to secure the ticket to third
round of the women’s singles.
Swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien won Best Female Athlete of the Year while swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang was named Best Male Athlete of the Year at the fifth Victory Cup in Hanoi on January 15.
Vietnamese athlete Nguyen Thi Cam Nhi has bagged the gold medal in the women’s 70kg category at the 5th Asian Pencak Silat Championship, which took place in Yanji, China, from December 25 to 30.
Source: VNA
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