Nguyen Tien Minh: Badminton & Lice Infestation

At 42, Nguyen Tien Minh continues his passion for badminton as an arthlete and coach. Currently classified 358th in the world, the former Vietnamese number 1 must compete in the qualifications of the simple gentlemen of the Vietnam open 2025. He will face the Indian Orijit Chaliha (309th in the world) at 12:40 pm today to access the main round. During his career, Téien Minh won a world bronze medal and was among the 5 best players in the classification of the World Badminton Federation (BWF).

Also today, the wife of tennis player Nguyen Tien Minh, seen Thi Trang (129th in the world), participated in the qualifications of the simple ladies. Her opponent in the first round of qualifying, which took place at 11 am, was the Indian tennis player Aashi Rawat (134th world). Seen Thi Trang occupied first place in the Vietnamese female badminton for many years before being dethroned by Nguyen Thuy Linh. At 33, seen Thi Trang continues to participate in national and international tournaments. During the recent World Badminton 2025 world championships in France, she also obtained a ticket to participate, but had to abandon prematurely.

At 5 p.m. today, the tennis player the Duke Phat (83rd in the world) will also participate in the main round of the simple gentlemen, against the tennis player Kok Jing Hong (Malaysia, 81st in the world). In addition, the Vietnamese badminton also has representatives in double ladies competition: Nguyen Hoang Thien Kim/Nguyen Thi Ngoc Thuy, the Ngoc Truc Ngan/Le Nguyen Ngoc Ngan, Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan/Nguyen Thuy Kim Hang; Tran Dinh Manh/Pham Thi Khanh (mixed double).