Nguyen Tien Minh lost to the world's number 4 tennis player by a narrow margin.

Vietnam's No. 1 tennis player Nguyen Tien Minh lost narrowly to Peter Gade 1-2 (18-21, 21-19, 14-21) in the friendly badminton match between Vietnam and Denmark, which took place on the evening of November 30, at Phan Dinh Phung Gymnasium, Ho Chi Minh City.

As expected, Vietnamese badminton fans witnessed the top competition between two top players in the world, Nguyen Tien Minh (world number 7) and Peter Gade (world number 4).

This is an occasion to strengthen friendship on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Denmark. Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai attended and watched this match.

Tien Minh tried very hard. Photo: Quang Nhut

Although meeting in a friendly match, the two tennis players Nguyen Tien Minh and Peter Gade tried their best to give the audience beautiful and attractive shots.

In the first set, both players started very quickly. Vietnam's No. 1 player Nguyen Tien Minh made the most of his crosscourt shots and at one point led Peter Gade 18-15. However, Peter Gade rallied to score 6 points in a row and won 21-18.

The second set was extremely tense, as the two players fought fiercely at each point. In this set, while Tien Minh took advantage of his opponent's high hanging situations to smash the shuttlecock quickly to score points, Peter Gade actively played a technical drop shot.

However, with better scoring, Tien Minh won with a score of 21-19, forcing the match to go into a deciding set in set 3.

In the deciding set, Tien Minh continued to actively play offensively from the start. However, the Danish player showed his great class and experience combined with his stamina to win 21-14, thereby winning the final 2-1 (21-18, 19-21, 21-14).

Also in the previous match, former Danish Olympic champion Poul Erik lost to veteran Vietnamese player Ho Van Loi, with a score of 2-0 (18-21 and 12-21).

According to VNA