On the afternoon of August 6 (local time), Vu Thi Trang competed in the 2nd match of the women's singles event.
Vu Thi Trang's opponent is 8th seed Indian Anmol Kharb. Currently, this player is ranked 45th in the world.
Therefore, Anmol Kharb is predicted by experts to completely surpass Vu Thi Trang in this confrontation.
However, the Vietnamese player played one of his most effortful matches.
In the first set, Vu Thi Trang played chasing so that Anmol Kharb had to defend cautiously. After a close score battle, Vu Thi Trang won 25-21.
In the 2nd set, Vu Thi Trang's fitness declined. Therefore, the Indian opponent took advantage of her youth to take the lead and win 21-15.
It seemed that Vu Thi Trang was out of ability to have a decisive victory, but the Vietnamese player played excellently in the third set, putting Anmol Kharb in a passive position and winning 21-18.
Winning 2-1 against the opponent, Vu Thi Trang won the right to advance to the women's singles quarter-finals.
She will face Chinese No. 4 seed Han Qian Xi.
Up to this point, Vu Thi Trang is the only Vietnamese player still competing at the Masters International Badminton Tournament 2026 in Korea.
Her teammates have successively stopped in the men's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles events. Among them, player Nguyen Thuy Linh was also eliminated in the women's singles event. This tournament lasts until August 8.
