Defeating Japanese player, Nguyen Thuy Linh entered the final of Korean badminton tournament

Nguyen Thuy Linh affirms her strength

In the women's singles semi-finals of the 2025 Korean Masters badminton tournament taking place today, Nguyen Thuy Linh (ranked 24th in the world ) faced off against former world junior No. 1 Hina Akechi, currently ranked 57th in the world. Second seed Nguyen Thuy Linh used her experience and courage to defeat her opponent with a score of 2-0.

Đánh bại tay vợt Nhật Bản, Nguyễn Thùy Linh vào chung kết giải cầu lông Hàn Quốc - Ảnh 1. — Nguyen Thuy Linh entered the finals of the 2025 Korean Masters badminton tournament

Nguyen Thuy Linh unleashed her power from the start with a variety of shots that forced Hina Akechi to move constantly. Controlling the game well, Vietnam's No. 1 tennis player also took full advantage of the opportunities she had, thanks to which she continuously led Hina Akechi before winning 21/11 in set 1.

The second game was more exciting as Hina Akechi fiercely fought with Nguyen Thuy Linh. The Japanese player managed to level the score at 14/14 but Nguyen Thuy Linh made a strong breakthrough, winning 21/17, thereby closing out the overall victory 2-0.

Defeating Hina Akechi after 41 minutes of competition, Nguyen Thuy Linh won the right to enter the final of the women's singles event of the Korea Masters 2025 badminton tournament. The opponent of the number 1 Vietnamese player in the final tomorrow is the number 1 seed Chiu Pin-chian (Taiwan, ranked 20th in the world).

Winning the right to enter the finals of the 2025 Korean Masters badminton tournament brought Nguyen Thuy Linh at least 9,120 USD (about 230 million VND) in prize money from the organizing committee and 5,950 bonus points on the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/danh-bai-tay-vot-nhat-ban-nguyen-thuy-linh-vao-chung-ket-giai-cau-long-han-quoc-185251108122739489.htm