On the afternoon of July 23 local time, Nguyen Thuy Linh competed in the 2nd match of the women's singles event at the 2026 China Open Badminton Championships.
Nguyen Thuy Linh's opponent is seed number 7, tennis player Ratchanok Intanon.
The Vietnamese player proactively played well in the first set to convincingly defeat his opponent with a score of 21-17.
However, she could not maintain her pace in the remaining 2 sets, so she let Ratchanok Intanon regain the game and win with scores of 21-16, 21-15 respectively.
In the end, Nguyen Thuy Linh lost 1-2, so she officially stopped at the 2026 China Open Badminton Tournament.
The tournament has BWF World Tour Super 1,000 level so all the top faces in the world.
Nguyen Thuy Linh has returned to the international tournament after more than 1 month of preparation.
The tennis player was trained in Thailand before going to China to compete at this time.
The coaching staff of the Vietnamese badminton team said that Thuy Linh will continue to participate in the international tournament in Taiwan (China) after finishing the competition program in China.
On the latest BWF world rankings, Nguyen Thuy Linh has dropped to 27th in the world.
Her goal is to find opportunities to return to the world top 20 this year.
In the professional plan, Thuy Linh will participate with the Vietnamese badminton team in the 2026 World Championships held in India in August.
