Nguyen Thuy Linh gains the top position at Yonex-Sunrise Vietnam Open women's singles champion 2022. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese badminton player NguyenThuy Linh has risen to the 49th position in the world’s latest singles womenrankings, according to Badminton World Federation (BWF).
After the Lunar New Year (Tet) celebration late last month,26-year-old Linh returned to practice and she is expected to bag her firstinternational award this year at a competition in Thailand.
Vietnam Badminton Federation, Vietnam Sports Administration’sbadminton department, and Linh’s management unit in Dong Nai province havesupported her to join international competitions for more scores which willoffer further opportunities for Linh to attend Olympic Paris 2024.
Linh made a successful performance in 2022, especially after shewon a bronze medal in the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) hosted byVietnam in May.
The girl also competed in the 2022 BWF World Championships andrecorded an upset after losing to eventual bronze medalist An Se-young of theRepublic of Korea in the second round, though she beat Aya Ohori of Japan inthe first round.
In September, she won the Belgian International tournament bydefeating Hirari Mizui of Japan in the final. A month later, she won herfirst-ever World Tour title at her home tournament of the Vietnam Open.
In the BWF’s February men ranking, Vietnamese player Le Duc Phatjumped 84 notches from 299th position to 215th./.
