Last year, Le Duc Phat won the men's singles championship at the tournament. After 1 year, the player of the Army badminton team continued to enter the final of the men's singles gold medal competition.
The final match took place on September 27 in Gia Lai, and Le Duc Phat's opponent was Nguyen Hai Dang.
Both sides quickly started the match from the start. Duc Phat and Hai Dang won points in turn when holding the advantage of the cross-field advantage. However, Duc Phat was the player who effectively ended the match 25-23 in the opening game.
In the second game, Hai Dang tried to find a victory but failed. At the end of this game, Duc Phat continued to beat their opponent with a score of 21-15.
The men's final match had a 2-0 victory for Le Duc Phat. This tennis player has completed the goal of defending his No. 1 position when he started participating in this year's tournament.
At the same time, the women's final took place between Tran Thi Phuong Thuy (Bac Ninh) and Vu Thi Trang (Ho Chi Minh City). Vu Thi Trang dominated thanks to her experience in the opening game with a score of 21 12.
However, she could not keep the advantage in the future. Phuong Thuy played well again to turn the game around, winning with scores of 21-15 and 21-12 respectively in games 2 and 3. After losing 1-2 in the final, Vu Thi Trang received a silver medal. The victory helped Phuong Thuy successfully defend the No. 1 position in the women's singles event at last year's tournament.
In addition to the 2 singles finals, the tournament has organized gold medal matches in the doubles event. Two tennis players Tran Dinh Manh and Luong Nguyen Khanh Ngoc (Lam Dong) won the gold medal for men's and women's doubles, Pham Thi Khanh and Pham Thi Dieu Linh (Hung Yen) won the gold medal for women's doubles and Nguyen Dinh Hoang and Tran Dinh Manh (Lam Dong) won the gold medal for men's doubles.
