Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam's top female badminton player Nguyen Thuy Linh lost to Singapore's Yeo Jia Min in the YONEX German Open 2025 final on March 2, finishing as runner-up at the tournament for the second consecutive year.
Yeo, ranked 13th in the world and a former world number one in the junior rankings, was the top seed at the 2025 tournament. In their previous three encounters, Yeo won twice and lost once to Linh.
Despite strong support from the German crowd, Linh, placed 26th on the world rankings, struggled from the start. Yeo's powerful and precise smashes quickly established a seven-point lead at 9-2 before closing the first set 21-16.
The second set followed a similar pattern. After an early 3-3 tie, Yeo pulled ahead 7-3 and later 9-5. Linh fought back to 15-17 but struggled with accuracy as fatigue set in. She also made several errors, allowing Yeo to close out the match at 21-16.
With the runner-up finish, Linh earned 5,950 ranking points from the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and a prize of 9,120 USD. She will continue her European tour in France, England and Spain, aiming to improve her world ranking.
The German Open is a BWF World Tour Super 300 event with a total prize pool of 240,000 USD. In 2024, Linh also reached the final but lost to a Danish opponent./.
