Nguyen Tien Minh - Vietnam's Hottest!

**Smichz** · 04-14-2008, 12:35 AM

Originally Posted by cooler

any pics

Cooler is fast when it comes to girl yea??

***Oldhand*** · 06-15-2008, 11:19 AM

After a first-round win over Denmark's Jan Jorgensen, Vietnam's Nguyen Tien Minh was not expected to go any further as his next opponent was the formidable, merciless and rangy Chen Yu.

But nothing could have prepared Chen Yu for the defeat in store. The wily Vietnamese seemed to be on skates as he outran the fastest shots the frontline Chinese player could muster.

A round ahead and facing the savvy Peter Gade, Nguyen Tien Minh found that luck had cruelly deserted him. Although his amazing speed didn't fail him, his shots began to go that extra unneeded inch. The points fell away - and despite his best efforts to haul it back into line, the match went to the Dane.

My vote for 'Bravest Player of the Singapore Open 2008' goes to Nguyen Tien Minh, who came with neither a coach nor a posse of lieutenants or team members but with just a battered bag, well-worn shoes, two old NS-9000s and plenty of courage.

PS: If anyone has Nguyen's contact information, please let me know

There are a few Singaporeans who would like to help him in some way.

**nghutien** · 06-15-2008, 09:20 PM

Yes, I will try to get it and keep you posted. Thanks for your information.

**ants** · 06-15-2008, 09:20 PM

Tien Minh is a very disipline player.

**nghutien** · 06-15-2008, 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by ants

Tien Minh is a very disipline player.

I'm looking for some his tournament match but not available in sharing video.

**Loh** · 06-15-2008, 10:48 PM

NTM had a good workout with PG during the Aviva Open Singapore 2008 although he finally lost in 3 games.

**george@chongwei** · 06-15-2008, 11:07 PM

he does not have a coach??

**nghutien** · 06-15-2008, 11:44 PM

Originally Posted by george@chongwei

he does not have a coach??

Yes, He has a vietnamese coach in vietnam but the badminton committee is going to change the new foreign coach for Olympic games. Anyway, there's always a mess in vietnamese badminton committee. It's not really a fair fighting environment for good players.

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***Oldhand*** · 06-16-2008, 02:44 AM

Originally Posted by nghutien

Yes, I will try to get it and keep you posted. Thanks for your information.

Thanks, nghutien.
That will be very useful

Originally Posted by george@chongwei

he does not have a coach??

Nguyen Tien Minh was one of the few who did not have a coach (or anyone else, for that matter) by his side at the Singapore Open. (Petr Koukal was another.)

Personally, I believe that if Nguyen had a coach with him during the Singapore Open, he would have got the better of Peter Gade in the quarter-final.

During competition, especially at such a high level, a courtside expert view is critical. A coach (or a colleague) can spot a weakness or a game-plan that wouldn't be immediately visible to a player in the heat of battle. (That's why even senior players have at least a junior standing by during a match.)

During the semi-final, Misbun spoke to Lee Chong Wei for only a few seconds during the 11-point breaks. I guess it must have been to reinforce their plan to attack the deep corners with flatter shots rather than clears. Gade eventually died trying to retrieve from behind him the repeated pushes and drives to his forehand and backhand corners.

If NTM's coach had been around, perhaps he would given similar advice.
Well, that match is history now.

All the best to Nguyen Tien Minh for what lies ahead

**X Ball** · 06-16-2008, 03:18 AM

He needs a coach else he is going to be so-so. If he has Misbun or Li Mao as coach perhaps he will go even further.

**Sealman** · 06-16-2008, 05:33 AM

Nguyen Tien Minh has excellent fighting spirit. SBA should consider offering him a contract to play for Singapore

**Sgbad** · 06-16-2008, 06:53 AM

Originally Posted by Sealman

Nguyen Tien Minh has excellent fighting spirit. SBA should consider offering him a contract to play for Singapore

That will be a nice idea, he might be able to leap to success with the support from SBA. He had great fighting spirit in his game against Peter Gade. Anyway, can Nguyen Tien Minh win Ronald susilo? Have they met in any tournaments before?

**limsy** · 06-16-2008, 06:54 AM

hmm...he will be in top 10...

**Sgbad** · 06-18-2008, 09:15 AM

What if he were to play against our local number 1 shuttler, will he stand a chance against ronald?

**limsy** · 06-18-2008, 09:20 AM

Originally Posted by Sgbad

What if he were to play against our local number 1 shuttler, will he stand a chance against ronald?

yes...i think...and maybe win it...ronald was been injury several time...this affect his form..

**bad_lah** · 07-22-2008, 08:31 PM

Originally Posted by Loh

Nicky graduated from the NUS (National University of Singapore) with first-class honours in computer science this year and is now working for a multi-national corporation. I think he was the captain of the NUS Badminton team. He comes across as a very polite and humble young man during the time that I had the opportunity of interacting with him through the game of badminton.

Personally, I'm very proud of Nicky because he has proven to us that you can combine sports and studies and still do well in both. It must have been difficult but he succeeded. And of course not many could do this. You need to be exceptional!

Be careful with what you say. Nicky didn't get first-class honor unless he thinks that third-class = first-class honor. If you want to prove sth like that, you should prove it yourself rather than listening to a liar.

**volcom** · 07-23-2008, 02:33 AM

Originally Posted by bad_lah

Be careful with what you say. Nicky didn't get first-class honor unless he thinks that third-class = first-class honor. If you want to prove sth like that, you should prove it yourself rather than listening to a liar.

Explain more, this is very interesting

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