On the BWF rankings in the latest week (30 weeks), Thuy Linh ranked 18th in the world with 49,550 points. This is the highest ranking in the 27-year-old tennis player's career, and at the same time, a historic position that a Vietnamese women's badminton player has achieved. Remember, 2 years ago, Thuy Linh reached the Top 20 in the world.
Currently, the 15th place in the world is Pusarla Venkata Sindhu of India (52,234 points). The gap is 2,684 points. This number, at first glance, seems far-fetched, but it is not impossible. Just be present at the Super 1,000 event like the All-England tournament in March to get 3,000 points, in the quarter-finals of a Super 500 tournament to get 5,040 points, or the runner-up of the Super 300 tournament to get 5,950 points. Thuy Linh has had these scores this year.
Of course, not only Thuy Linh was moved. Above, opponents such as Kim Ga-eun, Li Michelle or even Sindhu - although no longer at the top - are still experienced names and often participate in major tournaments. No one stood still waiting to be surpassed by a girl from Vietnam.
But Thuy Linh's chance is enough, not only because from now until the end of the year there are many tournaments and events, where Thuy Linh won Thanhu (at the Indonesia Masters earlier this year), making it difficult for Line Christophersen (denmark). There are physical and mental problems, plans, training and competition strategies that need to be overcome, but Thuy Linh is still full of desire to rise up. More than anyone else, Thuy Linh understands that her athlete career does not last forever. Therefore, when reaching the maturity of her career, it is necessary to see in her a breakthrough to reach another historical milestone.
But in addition, experts also want to see Vietnamese sports in general, Vietnamese badminton in particular, have positive movements to contribute to supporting the athletes' strides to reach new heights.
