At the expanded American badminton tournament (Super 300), Vietnam Badminton had 3 representatives attending: Le Duc Phat, Nguyen Hai Dang (Don Nam) and Nguyen Thuy Linh (single female). In the men's single category, the initial list showed that Duc Phat played from the main round, while Hai Dang had to fight the preliminary round.
However, after the US Organizing Committee expanded to update the list of players, many players asked to withdraw. With that, Hai Dang was played in the official round. His opponent in the opening match was a highly appreciated player, which was the representative of Danish Mads Christophersen.
Mads Christophersen was born in 1997, used to be in the top 50 in the world. The international rank of this player recently reached the top 70, in the context that he no longer plays as much as before. But Mads Christophersen was a strong player, when he won the Super 100 championship with 6 Challenge and International levels.
In 2017, Mads Christophersen encountered Le Duc Phat and won 21-17, 21-11. In the upcoming match against Hai Dang, the Danish player is more appreciated. The winner in this pair is likely to encounter the No. 1 seed Chou Tien Chen in the next round.
On the side of Le Duc Phat, this player will meet Xiaodong Sheng in the first round. This is a strong Canadian player, and has a good international performance recently. But in the only encounter in Duc Phat at Tajikistan International 2023, Duc Phat was the winner.
