Taufik Hidayat won the grueling duel against players of Vietnam, Nguyen Tien Minh, in the first round of the Malaysian Open Superseries held at Putra Stadium, Bukit Jalil, on Wednesday (01/16/2013).

Taufik Hidayat 

Taufik Hidayat won the grueling duel against players of Vietnam, Nguyen Tien Minh, in the first round of the Malaysian Open Superseries held at Putra Stadium, Bukit Jalil, on Wednesday (01/16/2013).



Taufik Hidayat won the grueling duel against players of Vietnam, Nguyen Tien Minh, in the first round of the Malaysian Open Superseries held at Putra Stadium, Bukit Jalil, on Wednesday (01/16/2013). In a 42 minute game, Taufik won the rubber game 10-21, 21-7, 21-9.

With this result, Taufik extend their record to 5-1 victory over Nguyen. The only defeat former Pelatnas this happened at their first meeting in 2007, at the Philippine Open.

In the second half, these veteran players await the winner between India, Ajay Jayaram, and host player Daren Liew. They will fight tickets quarterfinal tournament is 400,000 U.S. dollars.

Overall, there are four Indonesian men's singles appearing in this tournament. Unfortunately, Tommy Sugiarto been eliminated, as the son of a former national shuttlers Icuk Sugiarto was defeated 11-21, 12-21 of the fourth-seeded Japanese Sho Sasaki.

Two players who will play are Alamsyah Yunus, and the eighth seed Sony Dwi Kuncoro. Alamsyah will face qualifier from China, Gao Huan, while Sony's match against Malaysia, Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif.