Nguyen Thuy Linh: US Tennis Defeat

Thuy Linh lost very painfully.

Yesterday (June 26), the first round of the US Open 2025, badminton tournament of the World Tour Super 300 system from the World Badminton Federation (BWF), took place. Faced with the 16-year-old Indian player Sharma Tanvi, 43 places below in the BWF ranking, Nguyen Thuy Linh (23rd in the world), seeded number two of the simple ladies, was well listed, but lost “white” on the 0-2 score. A defeat difficult to swallow for the player of Dong Nai. Last month, Nguyen Thuy Linh won by beating many high -level players, reaching the quarter -finals of the Malaysia Masters, a tournament of the Super 500 World Tour system, higher than the US Open.

According to coaches, Sharma Tanvi is a promising young player, aged only 16, but already registered in the Indian women’s team of Badminton. Developments at the start of the first match showed that Nguyen Thuy Linh was still higher than his opponent.

However, shortness of breath at the end of the game, then defeat during the second, showed that the best Vietnamese player was not at the best of her physical and mental form. The fact that Thuy Linh took a Vietnam-St. US flight, almost at the other end of the world just before the tournament, and did not have time to adapt to jet lag, is considered the reason for his lack of physical condition. In addition, during this tour, Nguyen Thuy Linh was also disadvantaged by the absence of expert Hariawan Hong (Indonesia) to accompany him.

After early elimination in the first round of the simple ladies of the US Open 2025, Nguyen Thuy Linh had time to familiarize himself with Canada Open, which will take place from July 1 to 6. This tournament is also part of the BWF World Tour Super 300 system. According to the results of the draw which has just been announced, the Vietnamese number 1 player was designated head of number 2 of the simple ladies.