{"id":14859,"date":"2026-07-15T18:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T11:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/?p=14859"},"modified":"2026-07-15T19:53:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T12:53:04","slug":"nguyens-grand-irish-show-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/nguyens-grand-irish-show-in-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Nguyen&#8217;s grand Irish show in Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">Vietnamese born Irish number one Nguy\u1ec5n Nh\u1eadt scalped world number six Chou Tien Chen for the second time this year at the Japan Open badminton championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Nguy\u1ec5n, who had defeated Tien Chen at the German Open in three games in February, had a much easier time in his 21-19, 21-6 opening round win at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The 26-year-old Nguy\u1ec5n will take on Koki Watanabe in the second round after the Japanese shuttler defeated India\u2019s Lakshya Sen 21-16, 21-14 in his first round match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Another surprise casualty was China\u2019s Li Shifeng, who was beaten 17-21, 21-19, 15-21 after an 80-minute battle against Japan\u2019s Yushi Tanaka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">It was Yushi\u2019s second win over the eighth seeded Chinese Li Shifeng. Yushi will play Taiwanese Lee Cheuk Yiu, who disposed of another Chinese player. Cheuk Yiu won 23-21, 21-10 for his fifth win in seven meetings over Liu Guang Zu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">There were no suprises in the women\u2019s singles with second seed Wang Zhiyi leading the charge, with an easy 21-7, 21-12 win over Taiwanese Sung Shuo Yun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Also through to the second round was third seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan, who cruised to a 21-12, 21-12 win over teammate Natsuk Nidaira.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In the women\u2019s doubles, eighth seeds Hsieh Pei Shan-Hung En-Tzu of Chinese Taipei saw their campaign come to end in the first round. The Taiwanese duo were beaten by Bulgarian siblings Gabriela Stoeva-Stefani Stoeva 21-16, 21-10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>FIRST ROUND RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Men\u2019s singles: <\/strong>Jason Teh Jia Heng (Sgp) bt Angus Ng Ka Long (Hkg) 21-19, 21-14; Koki Watanabe (Jpn) bt Lakshya Sen (Ind) 21-16, 21-14; Anders Antonsen (Den) bt Toma Junior Popov (Fra) 21-17, 21-13; Lee Cheuk Yiu (Hkg) bt Lu Guang Zu (Chn) 23-21, 21-10; Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Tha) bt Ayush Shetty (Ind) 21-19, 23-25, 21-15; Nhat Nguyen (Ire) bt Chou Tien Chen (Tpe) 21-19, 21-6; Moh. 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