Hanoi (VNA) - Vu Thi Trang is the only Vietnamese representative leftin the Badminton Asia Championships in China.
She entered the second round of the women’s singles event afterdefeating Fitriani of Indonesia 21-13, 21-18 in 38 minutes on April 26 at theWuhan Sports Center Gynasium.
It is the second time that Trang has defeated Fitriani. She beather rival 21-19, 16-21, 21-16 at the Ciputra Hanoi-Yonex Sunrise VietnamInternational Challenge two years ago.
She will next play No 1 seed Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in thesecond round.
It will be a tough match for the Vietnamese who is the world No 38while Tai is the world top player.
On April 26, Tai needed only 24 minutes to beat Vietnamese NguyenThuy Linh 21-10, 21-8.
In other events, Nguyen Tien Minh was defeated 16-21, 9-21 by No 3seed Son Wan Ho from the Republic of Korea in the men’s singles.
Earlier, Pham Hong Nam/Le Thu Huyen and Do Tuan Duc/Pham Nhu Thaolost in the mixed doubles category.
Tuan and Nam were trounced in the men’s doubles by Mohammad Ahsanand Rian Agung Saputro of Indonesia 14-21, 15-21, while Nguyen Thi Sen andTrang were beaten 13-21, 16-21 by the Japanese pair of Shiho Tanaka and KoharuYonemoto.-VNA