According to the update of the world badminton rankings (November 28), tennis player Nguyen Thuy Linh rose 2 places to 20th place. Previously, the athlete born in 1997 held this position in the update on October 24.
Nguyen Thuy Linh achieved the above achievement by reaching the quarterfinals of the China Masters 2023 in Shenzhen, China. She accumulated 6,050 more points to reach a total of 48,200 points.
At the China Masters - a tournament under the World Tour Super 750 system of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), Nguyen Thuy Linh excellently defeated two strong opponents, Marin Carolina (world No. 5) and Line Hojmark Kjærsfeldt (world No. 21). In the quarterfinals, the girl from Phu Tho lost to world No. 13 Kim Ga-eun.
Nguyen Thuy Linh returns to the world top 20.
Thus, Nguyen Thuy Linh is likely to end 2023 at world No. 20. This is the highest ranking a Vietnamese female tennis player has ever achieved.
Nguyen Thuy Linh's outstanding achievements in 2023 are the championship of Vietnam International Challenge 2023, Vietnam Open 2023. In addition, she finished second in Thailand International Challenge 2023 and ranked 5th in China Masters 2023, Arctic Open 2023, US Open 2023, Canada Open 2023.
Nguyen Thuy Linh continuously participates in major international tournaments with the goal of winning a place at the 2024 Paris Olympics. On the Olympic rankings, she is ranked 14th.
Nguyen Thuy Linh will not rest much. She is currently preparing professionally for the 2024 Malaysia Open in early January next year. This is a BWF World Tour Super 1000 level tournament.
In the men's rankings, Le Duc Phat is ranked 78th in the world with 20,970 points.
Van Hai
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