Nguyen Thuy Linh competes for nearly half a billion dong prize with Japanese tennis player

Vietnam's No. 1 badminton player Nguyen Thuy Linh stands a chance to receive the biggest reward of her career when she wins the right to enter the final of the women's singles event of the 2025 Canada Open badminton tournament.

At 0:30 tomorrow morning (July 7), the number 2 seed in the women's singles at the 2025 Canada Open badminton tournament, Nguyen Thuy Linh (ranked 22nd in the world ), will compete in the finals for the championship with Manami Suizu (Japan, ranked 35th in the world ). The player who wins this match will receive a prize of 18,000 USD (nearly 500 million VND).

Nguyen Thuy Linh has the opportunity to win the World Tour Super 300 badminton tournament for the first time with an attractive prize.

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Nguyen Thuy Linh has twice reached the finals of badminton tournaments in the World Tour Super 300 system, the German Open in 2024 and 2025, but lost in the finals and was awarded the runner-up title. The 2025 Canada Open is also in the World Tour Super 300 system, so Nguyen Thuy Linh has the opportunity to win the title for the first time.

Big challenge for Nguyen Thuy Linh

The opponent of Vietnam's No. 1 player in the final match of the 2025 Canada Open badminton championship is Manami Suizu. This is also the first time this 21-year-old player has won the right to play in a final match of a tournament at the World Tour Super 300 level. Manami Suizu has faced Nguyen Thuy Linh 3 times with the results of 1 win, 2 losses. In the most recent confrontation at the 2023 Korea Masters badminton tournament, Manami Suizu beat Nguyen Thuy Linh 2-0 (21/19, 24/22). The Japanese player is no stranger to Vietnamese badminton fans as she is the reigning champion of the women's singles event of the Vietnam International Badminton Tournament at the Challenge level.

At the 2025 Canada Open, Nguyen Thuy Linh had some hard-fought victories before reaching the final. Meanwhile, Manami Suizu excellently defeated No. 1 seed Michelle Li (Canada, ranked 19th in the world) in the semi-finals to reach the final match. With the advantage of youth and on the rise, Japanese player Manami Suizu is considered a formidable challenge for Nguyen Thuy Linh. The Vietnamese badminton beauty is expected to play an explosive match to reap the biggest title of her career. In addition to the prize of nearly half a billion VND, the champion also received 7,000 bonus points while the runner-up received 9,120 USD (about 230 million VND) and 5,950 bonus points.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/nguyen-thuy-linh-tranh-giai-thuong-gan-nua-ti-dong-voi-tay-vot-nhat-ban-185250706123050433.htm