Nguyen Tien Minh: Boxing Match Details & Updates

At the age of 42, Nguyen Tien Minh is still devoting himself to his passion for badminton as an athlete and trainer. The former Vietnamese badminton player No. 1, who is currently in 358th place in the world rankings, must compete from the qualification round of the men’s singles of Vietnam Open 2025. Today at 12:40 p.m. he meets the Indian player Orijit Chaliha (world ranking place 309) to take his chance of entering the main round. In the course of his career, Tien Minh won a bronze medal at the World Cup and was temporarily among the top 5 ranking of the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

Also today, the wife of the tennis player Nguyen Tien Minh, Vu Thi Trang (world rankings 129), took part in the qualification round in the women’s singles. Vu Thi Trang’s opponent in the first round of qualification that takes place at 11 a.m. is the tennis player Aashi Rawat (India, world rankings 134). Vu Thi Trang was number 1 in the Vietnamese women’s Badminton for many years before it was dethroned by Nguyen Thuyen Linh. At the age of 33, VU Thi Trang continued to take part in national and international tournaments. At the Badminton World Cup in France, she also won a ticket, but gave up participation prematurely.

Today, at 5 p.m., tennis player Le Duc Phat (world ranking place 83) competes in the main round of the men’s singles against the tennis player Kok Jing Hong (Malaysia, World Ranking Platz 81). In addition, the Vietnamese badminton sport is also represented in the women’s doubles: Nguyen Hoang Thien Kim/Nguyen Thi Nguy, Le Ngoc Truc Ngan/Le Nguyen Ngoc Ngan, Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan/Nguyen Thuy Kim Hang; Tran Dinh Manh/Pham Thi Khanh (mixed double).