Nguyen Thuy Linh was drawn to meet opponent Lin Hsiang Ti of Taiwan (China) in the first match of the women's singles round 1 of the Indonesia Open International Badminton Tournament. The Taiwanese (China) player is ranked 21st in the world.
This tournament will take place from January 20 to January 25, with the BWF World Tour Super 500 level of world badminton. Nguyen Thuy Linh competed in the Indian Open 2026 recently but had to stop in the women's singles round 2.
In this tournament in Indonesia, the Vietnamese player was not selected as a seed. Nguyen Thuy Linh is the only representative of Vietnam to compete in Indonesia.
On the BWF world rankings just announced, Nguyen Thuy Linh dropped 1 place to 23rd place. Before going to India and Indonesia to compete, Nguyen Thuy Linh trained in Bac Ninh with the Vietnamese Badminton Team.
This year, Nguyen Thuy Linh's top goal is to improve her position on the BWF rankings. She once rose to 17th place in the world women's singles in 2025 but could not maintain this achievement due to poor performance.
At the same time as now, Vietnamese women's badminton has young player Vu Thi Anh Thu competing internationally in Sweden and Iceland. The player from Ho Chi Minh City returned to the court after 1 year of treatment after knee injury surgery.
