Vietnam's no. 1 badminton player, Nguyen Tien Minh
The annual tournament offers US$25,000 in prize money for five
categories: men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles, and mixed
doubles. The singles champions will receive US$1,875 each and the doubles
winners will get US$1,975.
Vietnam is being represented by 67 competitors, among whom the
reigning men’s singles champion Nguyen Tien Minh (world no. 48) is the most
noticeable name. Minh is seeded second this year, behind the Japanese top
seed, world no. 25, Kento Momota.
Alongside Momota, world no. 54 Pannawit Thongnuam (Thailand) and
world no. 58 Lin Yu Hsien (Chinese Taipei) are also expected to offer tough
competition for Tien Minh’s bid to defend the title he won in 2017.
World no. 82 Pham Cao Cuong is the second biggest hope for
Vietnam in the men’s singles event, while 2017 bronze medalist Vu Thi Trang
is the no. 1 hope for the host country in the women’s singles discipline.
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Source: NDO