Tien Minh & Thi Trang: Unexpected Elimination

Rare coincidence

On September 9, Tien Minh faced the Indian Orijit Chaliha during the qualifications. Born in 2000, he was 17 years younger than him, which gave him a physical advantage. Despite his class and experience, the Vietnamese legend of the badminton was nevertheless eliminated after three sets.

This result prevented him from qualifying for the main tour of the Vietnam Open this year.

While Tien Minh stopped, his wife seen Thi Trang brilliantly passed the qualification round after 2 victories.

On September 10, she reached the first round against Ashmita Chaliha (born in 1999). Despite all her efforts in front of her youngest adversary, the Vietnamese bowed after two sets.

Until now, Tien Minh and Vu Thi Trang have both been eliminated. However, it should be noted that they were both eliminated from the Vietnam 2025 open by a strange coincidence.

This is because the people who defeated them, Orijit Chaliha and Ashmita Chaliha, were parents.

When they discovered that these two players shared the same surname, Chaliha, many thought they were sisters. In reality, they were only cousins. During the match between Vu Thi Trang and Ashmita, it was Orijit who “played the role” of coach for his sister.

It is very unlikely that two people with blood ties like Nguyen Tien Minh and Vu Thi Trang participate in an international badminton tournament. However, despite this low probability, a strange coincidence occurred during the Vietnam 2025 open.

Idol yours minh

“From childhood to adulthood, I have always followed and considered yours Minh as an idol. Although he has not reached the level of world legends, he still receives the same respect as Lin Dan or Lee Chong Wei.

“Being able to compete with my idol is an invaluable honor. I just regret a little that our age difference is too large, which prevented me from competing with yours minh to its peak, “said Orijit Chaliha, the youngest.

And because he admires Tien Minh, he knows very well that seen Thi Trang is the wife of this tennis player.

Speaking of this incredible coincidence, Orijit Chaliha said: “When I discovered that my sister Ashmita had met Thi Trang, I went crazy.

We could not believe that we were playing against a married couple and that we beat them two days in a row. It probably never happened in any tournament in the world.

The tennis player born in 2000 also spoke of his role as a coach for his cousin. Thanks to their kinship, they meet easily to train and go on tour. It has already happened to them many times and they are used to it.

Ashmita herself experienced difficulties in the face of Thi Trang. But thanks to the advice of her cousin, she changed her style of play to win.

However, the Indian will be alone in the coming days at Vietnam Open. Although she won her ticket for the next round, Orijit was eliminated and will take the plane to go home on September 11.

Without his brother “advisor”, we do not know if Ashmita’s next trip will take place without incident or not.