This tournament is part of the Future Series system, so it attracts players with "medium" level compared to Le Duc Phat. With the 161st place in the world, the representative of Vietnam badminton was selected as the second seed in the men's singles.
Le Duc Phat won the men's singles runner-up at the Kazakhstan International Badminton Tournament 2023
To be in the final, Le Duc Phat in turn defeated the players Somi Romdhani (UAE, no world class) with a score of 2-0 (November 21, 11/24); Abhinav Thakur (India, no world class) with the score 22-2 (0/21, 16/22); Abhishek Saini (India, 20th in the world) with the score 577-2 (0/21, 15/21); Rasindu Hendahewa (Sri Lanka, 7th in the world) with a score of 300-2 (1/21, 19/18, 21/21).
In the final held today against the No. 1 seed player Dmitriy Panarin (world No. 100) of host Kazakhstan, Le Duc Phat lost 0-2 (15/21, 20/22) and received the title. runner-up.
Le Duc Phat is invested to pursue a professional badminton career
Before going to Kazakhstan to compete, Le Duc Phat contributed to helping the Army team win the first gold medal in the men's team at the national team badminton tournament in Thai Binh after a dramatic 3-2 victory over the HCMC team. This year 25-year-old Duc Phat has won against senior Nguyen Tien Minh and is expected to follow in the footsteps of his senior playing professional badminton.
