Nguyen Tien Minh of HCM City will take part in the National Individual Badminton Championships from May 7-13 in Dong Nai province’s Gymnasium (File photo)
Hanoi (VNA) - The National Individual Badminton Championships will be held fromMay 7-13 in southern Dong Nai province’s Gymnasium.
Theannual tournament attracts more than 100 athletes from 16 cities and provinces,including Hanoi, HCM City and Bac Giang, which always fields strong players.
Playerswill compete in five categories, including men’s and women’s singles anddoubles and mixed doubles.
Inthe singles events, knock-out rules will be applied until the last-eightrounds. The final eight then will compete in a round robin format. Athletes whoscore the highest points from this round will be awarded championship trophies.
Inthe doubles pools, knock-out rules will be used throughout the competitions.
Abonus of 1,100 USD will be awarded to the men’s singles winner, while thewomen’s gold medalist will take 800 USD. Doubles event winners will receive 600USD.
“This tournament attracts the nation’s bestplayers in Vietnam,” said Vietnam Badminton Federation’s General Secretary Le ThanhSang.
He noted that the winning players would earn their berths in the Vietnam’sSoutheast Asian Games delegation to compete in Malaysia in August. Vietnamhopes to win two bronze medals at the region’s biennial festival.-VNA
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Nguyen Tien Minh of HCM City will take part in the National Individual Badminton Championships from May 7-13 in Dong Nai province’s Gymnasium (File photo) 
