Vietnam’s No1 badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh is expected to win the 2013 National Badminton Champions, which opened in HCM City on September 23.

If Minh wins the men’s single event, he will become the first player clinching 10 consecutive victories at the national champs.

He arrived in HCM City on September 23 after finishing third at the Japan Open championships in Tokyo.

This year’s championships has attracted many outstanding athletes nationwide, such as HCM City’s Pham Cao Cuong (World No19) who was qualified for the semi-finals at an Indonesia open tourney in August and  Hanoi’s Do Tuan Duc and Pham Hong Nam.

In the women’s event, two young players from Hanoi and Bac Giang are very hopeful about the finals, scheduled for September 27.

(VOV)