Defeating Japanese player, Nguyen Thuy Linh won Vietnam Open 2024

Nguyen Thuy Linh defeated Kaoru Sugiyama ( world rank 48) after 2 sets (21-15, 22-20), officially winning the women's singles championship of the Vietnam Open 2024.

Facing a player 22 places below her in the world rankings, Nguyen Thuy Linh took the initiative and continuously sent the ball to the corner of the court. Thuy Linh's smashes also proved effective and she soon led 7-1 in the first set. Kaoru Sugiyama did not have many chances when the Vietnamese player was playing excitedly. The efforts of the player born in 2003 helped her narrow the gap in points in the middle of the match. From being down 14-6, Sugiyama scored 6 more points to keep her hope alive. However, Nguyen Thuy Linh still played focused and quickly closed the first set with a gap of 21-15. This was a nearly perfect set for the number 1 Vietnamese player. In the second set, Kaoru Sugiyama took the lead after the first 10 points, but was quickly caught up by Nguyen Thuy Linh. As soon as she tied the score at 6-6, Thuy Linh scored 5 consecutive points, making her Japanese opponent dizzy. She maintained an impressive score to lead 19-12, needing only 2 more points to win the championship. However, Thuy Linh made the home audience gasp when she lost 8 consecutive points to her opponent, allowing Sugiyama to lead 20-19. Here, Thuy Linh played calmly to tie the score 20-20 and then won 22-20.

Nguyen Thuy Linh defeated her Japanese opponent after more than 1 hour of competition.

In the end, athlete Nguyen Thuy Linh defeated Kaoru Sugiyama with the scores of 21-15 and 22-20, winning the women's singles championship of Vietnam Open 2024. This is the third consecutive time Thuy Linh has stepped onto the highest podium at this tournament. On September 15, the final matches of Vietnam Open 2024 also took place. Adnan Maulala and Indah Cahya Sari Jamil (Indonesia) won the mixed doubles championship, Shogo Ogawa (Japan) won the men's singles championship, Mizuki Otake and Miyu Takahashi (Japan) won the women's doubles championship, and the pair Zhi Wei He and Huang Jui Hsuan (Chinese Taipei) won the men's doubles championship.

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