US Open: Nguyen’s Time to Shine
Things are looking up for Thuy Linh Nguyen, quite literally.
· PREM KUMAR
The Vietnamese was occupying spot No.60 on the BWF World Rankings not too long ago in August but strong results at lower-tier tournaments have sent her shooting up to a career-high No.26.
Being among the top 32 women’s singles players guarantees the 25-year-old automatic entry into the biggest tournaments on the HBSC BWF World Tour and Nguyen is keen to make best use of the opportunity.
“I have to play more World Tour events, I’m not young anymore,” a giggling Nguyen said after the 26-24 17-21 21-8 YONEX US Open 2023 second round win over homester Iris Wang on Thursday qualified her for back-to-back World Tour quarterfinals for the first time in her career.