VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh plays very well at the Thomas & Uber Cup 2012. He defeated the world third and 32nd players and is now at his best form.
However, Tien Minh’s excellent performance could not help Vietnam overcome the qualifier round of the Thomas & Uber Cup 2012.

The qualifier round of the the Thomas & Uber Cup 2012 is being held in five continents. In Asia, the Vietnamese men’s team was ousted after two failure games against China (1-4) and Taiwan (1-3).

The Vietnamese men’s team includes Nguyen Tien Minh, Le Ha Anh , Nguyen Hoang Nam, Duong Bao Duc, Dao Manh Thang and Bui Bang Duc.

While Tien Minh’s teammates did not have a single win over strong rivals from China and Taiwan, Tien Minh got important triumph over China’s Chen Long and Taiwan’s Hsu Jen Hao, who ranks 3rd and 32nd in the world. For the first time, he trounced Chen Long 2-0.

Tien Minh was not successful at competitions before the Thomas & Uber Cup 2012.

At the same time, Vietnamese women’s team was trounced 0-5 by Taiwan. They will face Singapore in the second game.

The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's global governing body.

The championships have been conducted every two years since the 1982 tournament, amended from being conducted every three years since the first tournament held in 1948-1949.

The final phase of the tournament involves twelve teams competing at venues within a host nation, and is played concurrently with the final phase of the world women's team championships, the Uber Cup (first held in 1956-1957). Since 1984 the two competitions have been held jointly at the various stages of play.

Song Ha