US Open 2023: Duke Phat & Nguyen Hai Dang Exit

Late on June 26, Duke Phat (66th in the world) faced Harry Huang (English, 77th in the world) in the second round of the simple gentlemen of the US Open 2025. His opponent played better in the two games, forcing the Vietnamese number 1 to run after the score, but without success. The final defeat 0-2 (13/21, 16/21) against Harry Huang forced Duke Phat to stop.

Nguyen Hai Dang almost created the surprise

The same day, at the end of the match, the tennis player Nguyen Hai Dang (73rd in the world) delivered a good performance against the seeded n ° 1 cabbage Tien Chen (Taiwan, 6th in the world). In the first set, Nguyen Hai Dang delivered a beautiful Taiwanese struggle, sometimes digging a gap of 2 points (14/12), but his opponent retaliated with force, winning 21/17. In the second set, the HCMV player created the surprise by digging a gap of 7 points (14/7) against Chou Tien Chen, but did not know how to exploit his advantage and was overthrown by his opponent, winner 21/17 and bowing 0-2.

Thus, the three Vietnamese players stopped at the US Open badminton tournament, which is part of the World Tour 300 World Tour system of the World Badminton Federation (BWF). Nguyen Thuy Linh, Duke Phat and Nguyen Hai Dang will participate in the Canada Open Badminton tournament from July 1 to 6, a tournament also classified in the Super 300 World Tour system. According to the results of the draw for Canada, Duke Phat and Nguyen Hai Dang unfortunately clashed in the first round. For his part, Nguyen Thuy Linh (23rd in the world) is the number two of the simple ladies. His opponent in the first round is Hungarian Vivien Sandorhazi (82nd world).