In the opening match, Nguyen Thuy Linh brought home an advantage when defeating Letshanaa Karupathevan with a score of 2-1 after a tense chase of points. Despite losing the first game, the No. 1 tennis player of Vietnam managed to adjust his playing style, winning the second 2 matches to open the score to 1-0 for the team.
However, this advantage was not maintained. In the second singles match, Vu Thi Trang played resiliently and successfully saved many match points to balance the score after 2 games, but lost to Wong Ling Ching 1-2 in the deciding game, causing the match to return to balance.
The turning point came in the third doubles match when the pair Dieu Ly - Pham Thi Khanh could not create a surprise against the strongest female pair in Malaysia Tan Pearly - Muralitharan Thinaah. The Malaysian representative took advantage of their superiority to quickly win 2-0, putting the team ahead 2-1.
Vietnam's chance to hold on to hope came in Bui Bich Phuong's 4th singles match. Despite having a lead in both games, the Vietnamese tennis player lost stability in the decisive plays, allowing Siti Zulaikha to win 2-0.
After a 1-3 defeat in 4 matches, the Vietnamese women's badminton team stopped in the quarterfinals, while Malaysia won the right to enter the semi-finals of the 33rd SEA Games women's team event.
