VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese badminton ace Nguyen Tien Minh will take on the third seed Lin Dan of China in the quarterfinals of the Yonex All-England Championship held in Birmingham city from March 8-13.

The seventh seed and world’s number 7 Minh made two opening wins at the event. He beat Palyama Dicky of the Netherlands 15-21 21-16 21-15 and Du Pengyu of China 21-18 21-15.

The 28-year-old player had a week-long training course in Indonesia with coach Asep Suharno ahead of the US$350,000 tournament.

The All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious badminton tournaments.

Played annually, it developed after the success of world's first badminton tournament held in 1898 and was successfully organized in April 4, 1899 with only three categories for men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles.

Since 1984 the tournament has been exclusively sponsored by Yonex.

Source: Tuoi Tre