Vietnamese badminton player Nguyễn Thùy Linh exited the women’s singles tournament at the Denmark Open 2026 in the opening round, falling to Japan’s Tomoka Miyaki after a late change in opponents disrupted her preparation, vietnam.vn reported.
Last-Minute Opponent Shift Alters Opening Match
Thùy Linh originally faced a first-round draw against Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon, the tournament’s fifth-seeded player. Intanon withdrew from the event at the eleventh hour due to accumulated fatigue from competing across several consecutive tournaments. Organizers subsequently promoted Miyaki—ranked seventh globally—into the draw to replace Intanon. The sudden roster adjustment placed Thùy Linh against a lower-ranked competitor on short notice, though she mounted a hard-fought contest in the World Tour Super 750 event.
VICTOR Denmark Open 2026WS – R3221 21 🇯🇵Tomoka MIYAZAKI🏅17 17 🇻🇳Thuy Linh NGUYEN🕚 in 45 minutes
Chasing Ranking Points Across European Stops
The Denmark Open features a total prize pool of $950,000, drawing top-tier competitors to the World Tour Super 750 fixture. Prior to her trip to Denmark, Thùy Linh competed at the Arctic Open in Finland. She advanced to the second round of the Finnish tournament before losing to Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt, who holds the world No. 14 ranking. That second-round finish pushed Thùy Linh upward two spots in the global rankings, moving her from 30th to 28th.
Junior Contingent Faces New Scoring Rules in Egypt
At the BWF World Junior Championships in Egypt, Vietnamese youth competitors Nguyễn Tạt Duy Lợi and Nguyễn Thị Thu Huyen secured a mixed doubles victory against Ghana’s Obeng Shang and Rachael Quarcoo. The win advanced the pair to the next round, where they face Indonesia’s Habibi and Mukti. In the singles brackets, 18-year-old Duy Lợi exited in the opening round of the men’s singles, while 15-year-old Thu Huyen was eliminated early in the women’s singles.
