Nguyen Thuy Linh will have to face No. 2 seed Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) in the first round of the women's singles event of the 2026 World Championship.
Currently, player Akane Yamaguchi is also holding the world No. 2 position of the BWF.
With this draw result, many predictions suggest that Nguyen Thuy Linh will find it very difficult to pass the first round because her opponent is one of the best players in Asia at the moment.
Before participating in the 2026 World Championships, Nguyen Thuy Linh was ranked 25th in the world.
In the same draw results for the women's singles, tennis player Vu Thi Trang will meet world No. 133 opponent Kristin Kuuba (Estonia).
Regarding men's singles, Vietnamese badminton had Le Duc Phat and Nguyen Hai Dang participating. Duc Phat will face Joakim Oldorff (Finland) and Hai Dang will meet Lee Cheuk Yiu (Hong Kong, China) in the first match.
In addition to 4 players competing in singles events, the Vietnamese badminton team has Nguyen Dinh Hoang/Tran Dinh Manh competing in men's doubles.
They were drawn to meet Junaidi Arif/Yap Roy King (Malaysia) in the first round of the event.
In the women's doubles event, Vietnamese tennis pair Pham Thi Khanh/Pham Thi Dieu Ly will compete against Eyota Kwan/Johnna Rymes (Canada) in the first match.
The 2026 Badminton World Championship takes place from August 17 to August 23. The Vietnamese badminton team has 8 faces participating and no one is seeded in the competition.
