Thuy Linh Wins: SEA Games 33 Badminton Gold

On the morning of December 7, Vietnam’s badminton team officially participated in the 33rd SEA Games in the quarterfinals of the women’s tournament against Malaysia. Nguyen Thuy Linh was chosen first, along with Letshanaa Karupathevan.

The Vietnamese representative is rated higher than the opponent when he is 20 places higher in the world rankings (22 compared to 42).

However, the 2003-born player caused Thuy Linh a lot of problems with his young age and great physical strength and unexpectedly won in the first set.

Thanks to her experience, the “hot girl badminton Vietnam” regained her spirit and her signature moves. The Phu Tho player won the second set 21-10.

The drama started in the third set, when both players fought for every point and at one point it looked like Thuy Linh would lose to her Malaysian opponent. She even gave her opponent two match points, but the class of the world number 22 made itself heard at the right time.

Thuy Linh closed the set with a 23-12 victory and a successful comeback.

Thuy Linh said after the match that this was not an easy match as her opponent played with great determination. At the same time, she also said she was treated unfairly by the referee in three confusing game situations.

However, this victory is a positive step for Vietnamese badminton to achieve high performance at the SEA Games 33.