The lucky visit brought Nguyen Hai Dang and Le Duc Phat to meet in the first round of the Canadian Badminton Tournament to expand 2025.
On the side of 2 Vietnamese players, since the defeat of Duc Phat at the end of 2024, Hai Dang showed signs of going down on his form. But from April 2025 until now, the player born in 2000 has played better. Hai Dang shows high performance in international tournaments, especially in this North American tour.
Since the beginning of May, Hai Dang has met Duc Phat twice in domestic and international tournaments. Hai Dang won the Malaysian Masters 2025 preliminary round, as well as the semi -finals of the national team championship. The third match between them in the first round of Canada expanded 2025 is no exception.
In set 1, Hai Dang and Duc Phat competed somewhat in the first half. The lighthouse took the lead in advance 11-10 at the break between the match. After returning, Hai Dang played better. He overwhelmed Duc Phat to win 21-12 in the first set of the match.
Entering set 2, the advantage belongs to the lighthouse. This player scored a circuit to the score of 11-2. After that, he continued to play well. At the time when Hai Dang scored the decision to win 21-7, the new match turned 26 minutes. This is an unbelievable short time of a competition.
The victory over Duc Phat helped Hai Dang entered the second round of Canada. His next opponent is Naraoka Kodai, Japanese player in the top 10 in the world. Naraoka is the No. 1 seed, and he does not take much time to overcome the opponent in the opening match.
