Tien Minh named 8th seed at Yonex All England Open 2014

February 21, 2014 | 16:50

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Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has been seeded eighth in the men’s singles discipline at the 2014 Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships, scheduled to take place in Birmingham from March 4-9.

The All England Open is Tien Minh’s third official competition in 2014

The All England Open is Tien Minh’s third official competition in 2014, following the Victor Korea Open 2014 from January 7-12 and the Maybank Malaysia Open 2014 between January 14-19.

As seeded, Minh gets a wild card to the main round along with 31 other contestants, most of whom are standing in the world’s top 30 rankings.

The likelihood Minh will advance further into the tournament is bright as he will just take on the winner of the qualifying round in the first stage, who may possibly be Malaysia’s Daren Liew, Hong Kong’s Wei Nan or the Republic of Korea’s Lee Dong Keun.

The six-day competition is one of the oldest and most prestigious open badminton tournaments in the world. This year’s event promises to be full of high speed action with all the best players in the world present.

Nearly 500 shuttlers from across the globe will be competing for total prize money of US$400,000 in the men’s and women’s singles and doubles and mixed doubles categories.

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