Impressive 374.8 km/h bridge smash
In the quarterfinals of the women's singles event of the Malaysia Masters 2025 international badminton tournament, Nguyen Thuy Linh could not create a surprise when she met China's No. 1 player Wang Zhi Yi (ranked 2nd in the world ). Despite losing the match, the No. 1 Vietnamese player impressed with her confident playing style and beautiful scoring moves.
Entering the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Masters badminton tournament, part of the World Tour 500 system of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), brought Nguyen Thuy Linh more than 5,000 bonus points and 70 million VND in prize money. Thanks to that, on the BWF rankings announced yesterday, the tennis player from Dong Nai increased from 26th to 24th in the world. This is also considered a successful tournament for Nguyen Thuy Linh when she defeated the 2019 world champion Pusarla Venkata Sindhu (India, ranked 16th in the world), surpassing the European junior champion Line Christophersen (Denmark, ranked 35th in the world).
Nguyen Thuy Linh is expected to shine in upcoming international tournaments.
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In particular, according to statistics from the Malaysian Masters International Badminton Tournament Organizing Committee, Nguyen Thuy Linh is the player with the second strongest smash among the athletes participating in the women's singles. Specifically, Thuy Linh smashed the shuttlecock "to the floor" at a speed of up to 374.8 km/h, only behind the tennis player Intanon Ratchanok (Thailand) with 390.9 km/h. The above parameter is considered surprising because in previous tournaments, Nguyen Thuy Linh was not in the top of the players with the ability to smash the shuttlecock powerfully. This is the result of a whole process of effort in training, accumulating from the strength of the legs in the jumps to promoting the effectiveness of each technically correct smash. Indonesian expert Hariawan Hong and the fitness coach of the Vietnamese badminton team have honed her talented student to become more and more perfect, with the results proven by this impressive speed smash.
Thuy Linh conquers the 1.45 million USD badminton tournament
Yesterday, Nguyen Thuy Linh and the Dong Nai team competed in the 2025 national badminton team tournament in Ninh Binh . According to the plan, Thuy Linh will conquer the Indonesia Open international badminton tournament taking place from June 3 to 8. This is a tournament in the World Tour 1,000 system, with a total prize money of up to 1.45 million USD (about 36 billion VND).
This tournament is at level 1, the highest level in the BWF World Tour competition system, so in addition to the large prize money, there are also high bonus points, attracting most of the world's top tennis players to participate. Thanks to her world ranking of 24, Nguyen Thuy Linh is qualified to go straight to the main round of the women's singles. Because she is not seeded, the number 1 Vietnamese tennis player will likely have to face strong players right from the first round. In this tournament last year, Nguyen Thuy Linh stopped in the first round, but is on the way to a strong comeback and has been well prepared, the number 1 Vietnamese tennis player promises to reap success in this year's tournament.
A notable change in Nguyen Thuy Linh from the beginning of 2025 until now is that she has not competed in consecutive international tournaments but has spent enough time to recover her physical strength and improve her skills. Thanks to that, Thuy Linh has a good physical foundation and achieved success like at the Malaysian tournament. It is expected that expert Hariawan Hong will continue to accompany Linh at the Indonesian tournament, helping her have the best professional preparation.
According to information from the department and the Dong Nai Badminton Federation (where Nguyen Thuy Linh plays), after the Indonesia Open, Nguyen Thuy Linh will participate in the US Open (June 24-29), followed by the Canada Open (July 1-6). These are two tournaments in the World Tour 300 system similar to the Vietnam Open, so it will be an opportunity for Nguyen Thuy Linh to go deep, even compete for the championship. If successful in the upcoming international tournaments, the number 1 Vietnamese player promises to return to the world's top 20, and this is also the goal she has set.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/thuy-linh-so-huu-cu-dap-cau-bua-ta-chinh-phuc-giai-cau-long-145-trieu-usd-185250527214413393.htm
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