Nguyen Thuy Linh entered the world top 20 for the first time

Nguyen Thuy Linh raised her hand to form the number 20 when BWF announced the new rankings on October 24.

In October, Thuy Linh entered the quarterfinals of the Finland Open and the round of 16 of the Denmark Open. Thanks to that, the 1997-born player earned an additional 9,360 bonus points for a total of 45,550 points, jumping from 26th to 20th on the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings. Since the beginning of 2023, Thuy Linh has advanced 31 places, from 51st.

This is the first time Thuy Linh has entered the world top 20. She is also the first Vietnamese female tennis player to do this, the previous best achievement belonged to senior Vu Thi Trang - 34th, in June 2017. Meanwhile, male badminton legend Nguyen Tien Minh is still the only Vietnamese tennis player to enter the world top 10, with the best position being 5th in September 2013.

Thuy Linh, born in Phu Tho , is currently the number 1 female tennis player in Vietnam, number 6 in Southeast Asia and 17 in Asia. In the region, she is only behind Indonesian tennis player Mariska Tunjung (number 7), four Thai tennis players: Ratchanok Intanon (number 9), Pornpawee Chochuwong (number 13), Busanan Ongbamrungphan (number 15) and Supanida Katethong (number 16). The number 1 position in the world continues to belong to Korean tennis player An Se-young.

In 2023, Thuy Linh won the Vietnam Open and Vietnam International Challenge, finished second in the Thailand International Challenge, and reached the quarterfinals of the Canada Open, US Open, and Finland Open.

Today, October 25, Thuy Linh will compete in the round of 16 of the French Open against Chinese tennis player Chen Yu Fei, currently ranked third in the world. In November, Linh is expected to compete in the Korea Masters.

Vietnam's number two female tennis player is Vu Thi Anh Thu, currently ranked 113th in the world. In the BWF men's singles table, the two highest-ranked Vietnamese tennis players are Le Duc Phat (74) and Nguyen Hai Dang (95).

On the ranking table for tickets to the 2024 Paris Olympics, Thuy Linh is currently ranked 15th and will almost have a ticket to the Summer Olympics next year if she maintains her form. Meanwhile, Le Duc Phat is ranked 32nd in the men's table.

According to vnexpress.net

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