Nguyen Thuy Linh entered the third round of the 2025 World Badminton Championship for the first time

TPO - Vietnam's number 1 female tennis player Nguyen Thuy Linh defeated Kirsty Gilmour after 2 sets to enter the 3rd round of the world badminton championship for the first time.

Nguyen Thuy Linh celebrates her victory in round 2.

Nguyen Thuy Linh performed brilliantly in the first round, defeating former world champion Ratchanok Intanon. However, Vietnam's No. 1 female tennis player had a tough match against Kirsty Gilmour, currently ranked 31st in the world. The Scot started impressively, winning 11 of the first 18 points. Thuy Linh broke away strongly after her opponent's 11th point, scoring 5 consecutive points to take a 12-11 lead.

The world No. 22 completely dominated her opponent in the rest of the first set to win 21-17. Kirsty Gilmour played better in the second set and continuously fought for each point with Thuy Linh, but the overall victory of the match belonged to the Vietnamese player. Thuy Linh showed her steadfast spirit in the decisive moment, scoring 3 consecutive points when her opponent was behind 21-20, winning the second set 23-21.

A convincing victory over Kirsty Gilmour has put Thuy Linh into the third round of the 2025 Badminton World Championships. The next opponent of Vietnam's No. 1 female tennis player is No. 4 seed Chen Yufei, who defeated Mia Blichfeldt. The Chinese tennis player won the 2020 Tokyo Olympic gold medal and reached the No. 1 world ranking in 2019. Chen Yufei has won many prestigious titles in her professional badminton career. This will be a very big "mountain" that Nguyen Thuy Linh has to face in this tournament.

Source: https://tienphong.vn/nguyen-thuy-linh-lan-dau-tien-tien-vao-vong-3-giai-cau-long-vo-dich-the-gioi-2025-post1773300.tpo