Nguyen Tien Minh passed the preliminary round with the best effort to participate in the men's singles main round of the tournament. On February 26, the player from Ho Chi Minh City competed against No. 1 seed Sholeh Aidil (Malaysia) in the first match of the men's singles main round.
Although he had focused all his professional ability, Nguyen Tien Minh could not create a surprise. The veteran Vietnamese player lost 0-2 (15/21, 23/25) and stopped at the tournament. A similar result came from Tien Minh's wife, player Vu Thi Trang.
Vu Thi Trang played the first match of the women's singles round 1 but lost 0-2 to opponent Iao Jui-Chi (Taiwan, China).
In other developments, Vietnamese badminton also witnessed Le Duc Phat leaving the tournament after losing 0-2 to Dhruv Negi (India).
Meanwhile, player Nguyen Hai Dang (seed number 4) played brightly to win in the first round of men's singles. Hai Dang defeated Raghu Mariswamy (India) with a score of 2-1. In the match of the 2nd round, Nguyen Hai Dang will face Hein Htut (Myanmar).
The Singapore International Challenge 2026 badminton tournament lasts until March 1. Vietnamese badminton participates in all 5 events at the tournament including men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. This is the first international tournament of 2026 that Vietnamese players participate in.
Tennis player Nguyen Thuy Linh did not participate in this tournament because she had been present in tournaments at the BWF World Tour Super level.
