Nguyen Thuy Linh competes with Singapore's No. 1 badminton player at the China Masters badminton tournament

The 2025 China Masters badminton tournament starts tomorrow (September 16) with the participation of Vietnam's number 1 player Nguyen Thuy Linh.

Nguyen Thuy Linh rematches extremely strong opponent

Immediately after winning the runner-up title in the women's singles at the Vietnam Open 2025 badminton tournament that ended yesterday in Ho Chi Minh City, Nguyen Thuy Linh went to Guangdong to participate in the China Masters badminton tournament. This is a tournament within the World Tour Super 750 system of the Badminton World Federation, with a total prize money of up to 1.25 million USD (about 32 billion VND) and a high bonus point structure.

Nguyen Thuy Linh will face Singapore's No. 1 tennis player Yeo Jia Min at the China Masters 2025 badminton tournament starting tomorrow (September 16).

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The tournament therefore attracted all the world's top players to compete. In the women's singles category, there were all 5 strongest players: An Se-young (Korea, world No. 1), Wang Zhiyi (China, world No. 2), Han Yue (China, world No. 3), Akane Yamaguchi (Japan, world No. 4), Chen Yufei (China, world No. 5).

Ranked 18th in the world, Vietnam's No. 1 tennis player Nguyen Thuy Linh is not a seed. According to the draw results, Nguyen Thuy Linh will face Singapore's No. 1 tennis player Yeo Jia Min (No. 15 in the world) in the first round. Yeo Jia Min once reached the highest ranking of 11 in the world and has many international achievements, most notably the title of champion of the 2025 German Open in the World Tour Super 300 system. This tennis player defeated Nguyen Thuy Linh in the final to win the championship.

Nguyen Thuy Linh is determined to go deep in the 2025 China Masters badminton tournament.

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Notably, Nguyen Thuy Linh and Yeo Jia Min have met 5 times. In the first meeting in 2016, the number 1 Vietnamese tennis player was the winner. However, in the next 4 meetings, Nguyen Thuy Linh lost. Of which, 2 matches were in 2025, the Indian Open and the German Open. The matches between Nguyen Thuy Linh and Yeo Jia Min were very intense, fiercely contested, and 3/5 matches had to be decided in the 3rd set.

Nguyen Thuy Linh aims to go deep in the 2025 China Masters badminton tournament to accumulate points and conquer a higher ranking on the world rankings. Vietnamese badminton fans expect Nguyen Thuy Linh to have an explosive match when she fights against Singapore's No. 1 player Yeo Jia Min.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/nguyen-thuy-linh-dai-chien-tay-vot-so-1-singapore-o-giai-cau-long-trung-quoc-masters-185250915173536054.htm