Nguyen Thuy Linh has known her opponent after the Organizing Committee of the 2026 Vietnam Open (Vietnam Open 2026) professional draw on September 1.
The tournament has the BWF World Tour Super 100 level of the world and Nguyen Thuy Linh was selected as the No. 2 seed in the women's singles event.
She will face opponent Xu Wen Jing (China) in the first round match. This year's tournament matches are held in Ho Chi Minh City from September 8 to September 13.
Nguyen Thuy Linh won the Vietnam Open Badminton Tournament in 2022, 2023, 2024 but only won the women's singles runner-up in 2025.
This year, Thuy Linh's goal is to be champion.
The most recent international tournament Thuy Linh competed in was the 2026 World Championship held in India.
She stopped in the first round of women's singles. In the BWF world rankings on September 1st, Thuy Linh is still ranked 29th in women's singles.
In the 2026 Vietnam Open Badminton Tournament, player Vu Thi Trang will face No. 4 seed Amalie Schulz (Denmark), while young face Bui Bich Phuong will have to compete in the women's singles preliminary round.
The tournament organizes 5 events including men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles.
In the men's singles event, Vietnam has 3 players participating including Nguyen Hai Dang, Le Duc Phat (main round) and Phan Phuc Thinh (qualifying round).
In addition, we have Nguyen Dinh Hoang/Tran Dinh Manh participating in the men's doubles main round; Bui Bich Phuong/Vu Thi Trang, Huynh Khanh My/Ngo Thuc Tran, Pham Thi Dieu Ly/Pham Thi Khanh (seed number 3) participating in the women's doubles main round.
