Le Duc Phat and Nguyen Thuy Linh advance to the quarterfinals of the Vietnam Open Badminton Tournament.

In today's competition day at the Vietnam Open Badminton Tournament, the host country has 4 faces participating in the round of 16: Le Duc Phat, Nguyen Hai Dang (men's singles), Nguyen Thuy Linh, Vu Thi Trang (women's singles). However, only Le Duc Phat and Nguyen Thuy Linh won and got tickets to the quarter-finals.

Le Duc Phat entered the men's singles quarterfinals of the 2024 Vietnam Open badminton tournament

In the opening match, Nguyen Hai Dang (ranked 75th in the world ) was highly expected but lost 0-2 (12/21, 14/21) to Japanese player Shogo Ogawa (ranked 189th in the world). Next, Vu Thi Trang (ranked 129th in the world) could not cause any surprise when she lost to Asuka Takahashi (Japan, ranked 53rd in the world) with a score of 0-2 (4/21, 16/21).

Not letting fans down, tennis player Le Duc Phat (ranked 62nd in the world) showed his talent when facing tennis player Ong Zhen Yi (Malaysia, ranked 148th in the world). Using extremely powerful smashes and tenacious defense, Le Duc Phat forced the Malaysian tennis player to give up his racket after 2 games with scores of 15/21 and 13/21 respectively. This victory brought the tennis player of the Army unit to the quarterfinals, facing Chinese tennis player Wang Zheng Xing (ranked 82nd in the world).

Nguyen Thuy Linh had a hard-fought victory to get a ticket to the quarterfinals of the 2024 Vietnam Open badminton tournament.

Meanwhile, despite facing difficulties against Wu Luo Yu (China, ranked 113th in the world), Vietnam's No. 1 Nguyen Thuy Linh (ranked 26th in the world) successfully overcame the difficulties with a 2-1 victory (21/16, 18/21, 21/16). With this victory, No. 1 seed and defending champion Nguyen Thuy Linh advanced straight to the quarterfinals, facing Asuka Takahashi (ranked 53rd in the world). The quarterfinal matches of the 2024 Vietnam Open badminton tournament will take place tomorrow (September 13).

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/le-duc-phat-nguyen-thuy-linh-tien-vao-tu-ket-giai-cau-long-viet-nam-mo-rong-185240912184920924.htm