At the 2025 World Badminton Championship, player Nguyen Thuy Linh is one of the two representatives of Vietnam to play in the women's singles content. On the eve of the tournament, Thuy Linh showed good performance. She had first rise to the 18th place in the world, and successfully defended the title of national championship.
However, the draw results at the 2025 Badminton Championship made Thuy Linh soon face a very strong opponent. It was Ratchanok Intanon, Thai player. In this year's World Championship, Ratchanok Intanon is ranked 10 women's seeds.
At the present time, Ratchanok Intanon remains very good form, even if this player has turned 30 years old. Initially, there was information showing that Ratchanok would take a break after 2024. However, she still decided to continue competing in the peak arena for a few more years.
Ratchanok Intanon and Thuy Linh soon encountered each other was a pity. Because, both are highly appreciated players, with deep prospects. Not many seed players must soon encounter an opponent in the top 30 world in the first match like Ratchanok Intanon.
In the case of Thuy Linh overtaking Ratchanok Intanon, the possibility of her continued to enter the next round is very high. At that time, the opponent of Thuy Linh in the second round was the winner in the match between Fadilah Mohamed Rafi (Uganda) and Kirsty Gilmour (Scotland). The obstacle only came in the third round, when she could meet the No. 4 seed Chen Yu Fei.
