Shuttler Nguyen Thuy Linh bids farewell to Olympics with impressive win

Vietnamese shuttler Nguyen Thuy Linh fell short of a quarterfinal berth in the women’s singles event at Tokyo 2020 despite comfortably edging past Sabrina Jaquet 2-0 in her last Group P match on July 28.

Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Thuy Linh finishes second in the women's singles Group P at Tokyo 2020.
Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Thuy Linh finishes second in the women's singles Group P at Tokyo 2020.

Linh, three places behind Jaquet in the world rankings, needed only 33 minutes to finish off the clash at 21-8 and 21-17, thus successfully avenging her 1-2 defeat against the Swiss opponent two years ago (18-21, 24-22, 22-24)

The win was an encouraging result for the 24-year-old Vietnamese although it was insufficient for her to book a last-eight slot. With two victories over France’s Qi Xuefei and Jaquet and one loss against Tai Tzu-Ying of Taiwan (China), Linh completed the group stage campaign in second place and had to bid farewell to her 2020 Olympic journey.

Player statistics of the Thuy Linh - Jaquet match.

Earlier on the same day, Tai Tzu-Ying comfortably beat Qi Xuefei 2-0 (21-10, 21-3) to advance as the Group P winner.

This morning, Vietnamese archer Do Thi Anh Nguyet will enter the women’s individual recurve 1/32 eliminations, where she plays Ren Hayakawa from the host country, who concluded the preliminaries with 653 points, 27 more than Nguyet.

Vietnamese archer Do Thi Anh Nguyet.

The 41-year-old Japanese previously joined teammates to win the women’s team category at the ongoing Olympic Games.

Vietnamese boxer Nguyen Van Duong in action during his opening match against Tayfur Aliyev (Azerbaijan).

After ending Vietnam’s 33-year drought for an Olympic win with a 3-2 triumph against Tayfur Aliyev (Azerbaijan) in the round of 32, boxer Nguyen Van Duong will fight Erdenebat Tsendbaatar of Mongolia later today, who ranked fifth overall in Rio 2016 and is the reigning Asian champion.