2024 Olympics: Anxiously waiting for Nguyen Thuy Linh to 'fight' the world's 11th-ranked American tennis player
Báo Thanh niên•31/07/2024
At 1:30 p.m. today (July 31), Vietnam's No. 1 badminton player Nguyen Thuy Linh (ranked 26th in the world ) will face American tennis player, ranked 11th in the world, Beiwen Zhang, to compete for first place in the group stage and a ticket to the round of 16 of the women's singles badminton at the Paris Olympics.
In the opening match of the group stage, Nguyen Thuy Linh won 2-0 (21/6, 21/3) against Australian player Tiffany Ho (ranked 81st in the world) while Beiwen Zhang also defeated this opponent with a score of 2-0 (21/9, 21/4). The player who wins the match between Nguyen Thuy Linh and Beiwen Zhang will win the only ticket of group K, to the knockout round (1/8) of the women's singles.
Nguyen Thuy Linh promises to have an explosive performance against the number 1 badminton player in the US.
INDEPENDENCE
On October 10, 2023, Nguyen Thuy Linh made a miracle by defeating Beiwen Zhang at the Finland Open. At that time, Thuy Linh was also ranked 26th in the world, while the No. 1 American tennis player was ranked 10th and was the No. 4 seed. That was the match in which Beiwen Zhang won 21/17 in the first set, but the No. 1 Vietnamese tennis player rose up, winning 2 consecutive sets with scores of 21/12 and 24/22, thereby making a spectacular comeback. The coaches assessed that at the present time, the Chinese-American tennis player is slightly better than Nguyen Thuy Linh. However, with good preparation and impressive form, Nguyen Thuy Linh has the ability to create surprises. The match promises to be exciting, thrilling in every shot and a "mind-war" between the two tennis players and the coaching staff, in which Thuy Linh has strong support from Indonesian expert Hariawan.
Beiwen Zhang once lost a grudge against Nguyen Thuy Linh.
BWF
If she passes the group stage, Nguyen Thuy Linh will likely face world No. 4 Carolina Marin (Spain), the 2016 Rio Olympics women's singles champion and 3-time world champion.
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