Tennis player Nguyen Thuy Linh promoted thanks to bonus points, has a surprising decision

Vietnam's No. 1 badminton player Nguyen Thuy Linh has moved up in the latest rankings of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and has made a new decision on her competition schedule.

The runner-up title in the women's singles at the Canada Open badminton tournament, part of the World Tour Super 300 system, just ended, earned tennis player Nguyen Thuy Linh 5,950 bonus points. Thanks to that, the Vietnamese badminton beauty queen achieved a total of 49,550 points, increasing 2 places, from 22nd to 20th in the world according to the latest rankings of BWF announced on July 8.

Tennis player Nguyen Thuy Linh returns to the world top 20, aiming for the 2025 world championship in France

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Nearly 2 years ago, Nguyen Thuy Linh rose to 20th place in the world for the first time in her career. At one point, Nguyen Thuy Linh dropped to 35th place in the world, but impressive performances in tournaments in 2025 such as reaching the quarterfinals of the Indonesia Masters, runner-up at the German Open, quarterfinals at the Malaysia Masters, runner-up at the Canada Open helped the 28-year-old tennis player make an impressive comeback. In addition, on the rankings that only count tournaments in the World Tour system, Nguyen Thuy Linh also increased 5 places, from 15th to 10th place. If ranked 8th overall, Vietnam's No. 1 tennis player will qualify for the World Tour Finals 2025.

Nguyen Thuy Linh is determined to conquer the world championship

According to the original plan, Nguyen Thuy Linh will compete in the China Open tournament in the World Tour Super 1,000 system with a total prize money of up to 2 million USD (about 52 billion VND) taking place from July 22 to 27. However, after exhausting herself by competing in 2 consecutive tournaments in the US and Canada, this tennis player has just decided to withdraw from the China Open tournament. The next international tournament that the tennis player from Dong Nai will compete in is the World Badminton Championship taking place from August 25 to 31 in France. During the preparation for this tournament, the number 1 tennis player of Vietnam will participate in the national individual championship from August 9 to 16 in Dong Nai.

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