Today (January 25), Vietnamese badminton beauty Nguyen Thuy Linh returned home after 3 weeks of competing in Malaysia, India, and Indonesia. The No. 1 tennis player in Vietnam shared optimistically: “3 weeks have passed so quickly. I am happy and excited to be standing on the badminton court. With my passion and efforts, I always feel grateful.” with the past journey”.
At the Indonesia Masters international badminton tournament in the ongoing BWF Tour Super 500 system, Nguyen Thuy Linh (ranked 32 in the world) stopped in the women’s singles quarterfinals against tennis player Sung Shuo-yun (Taiwan, ranked 24th in the world). gender). Missed the opportunity to reach the semi-finals, but this was also the most successful tournament for the Dong Nai tennis player in her tour in early 2025. The most impressive thing was her defeat of the 12th ranked player in the world, the 2019 world champion. Pusarla Sindh (India) in round 1.
With the achievement of being in the top 8 strongest players at the Indonesia Masters badminton tournament, the Vietnamese badminton queen accumulated 5,040 bonus points and 2,850 USD in prize money (about 70 million VND). With the points obtained, Nguyen Thuy Linh is expected to return to the top 30 in the world on the rankings next week.
Before that, Nguyen Thuy Linh participated in the Malaysia Open (part of the BWF Tour Super 1000 system, taking place from January 7 to 12). She defeated tennis player Natsuki Nidaira (Japan, ranked 23rd in the world) with a score of 2-0 (16/21, 19/21) in round 1 then lost to current world number 1 An Se-young (South Korea). ) in round 2. In the Indian Open tournament (part of the BWF Tour Super 750 system, from January 14 to 19), Nguyen Thuy Linh stopped at the round 1 against tennis player Yeo Jia Min (Singapore, ranked 13th in the world).
“Starting off” 2025 with 3 major international awards and positive achievements, Nguyen Thuy Linh returned home to celebrate Tet with family and relatives. She will return to conquer the next international tournaments this year to maintain a high ranking on the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings to qualify for major tournaments. One of this tennis player’s important goals is to hunt for a medal at the 33rd SEA Games in December in Thailand.