Nguyen Thuy Linh regretfully stops at the 2024 Olympic group stage
Despite her best efforts, tennis player Nguyen Thuy Linh regrettably lost to her opponent Zhang Beiwen (USA) in the final round of the women's singles event at the 2024 Paris Olympics (France).
On the afternoon of July 31, tennis player Nguyen Thuy Linh had her second match, against opponent Zhang Beiwen (USA) in the final round of the women's singles group stage of Group K at the 2024 Paris Olympics (France).
Group K only has 3 players and according to the rules, the player leading the group stage will have the opportunity to continue to the qualifying round. Therefore, the winner of the match between Thuy Linh and Zhang Beiwen will continue.
In the first set, Zhang Beiwen was the one who won the points. However, Thuy Linh was calm enough to play catch-up and draw points with her opponent. In this set, Thuy Linh had opportunities to take the lead but unfortunately lost points in many situations.
When the score was balanced at 19/19, Thuy Linh unexpectedly let Zhang Beiwen play ahead and won 22/20 in regret. In the second set, Thuy Linh and Zhang Beiwen were still chasing each other in points. In this set, at the end, the American player took the lead and won 22/20. In the end, Nguyen Thuy Linh lost 0-2 and had no chance to enter the next round.
This is the second time Nguyen Thuy Linh has competed at the Olympics. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (Japan), she also failed to make it past the group stage. In this decisive match, Thuy Linh tried her best, but when she could not handle the decisive situation, we understand that losing the match was inevitable.
Nguyen Thuy Linh ended her 2024 Olympic journey with a record of 1 win - 1 loss, ranking 2nd in Group K of women's singles badminton. Each group only takes one representative to the round of 16 and Zhang Beiwen is the one who got the ticket to continue in this group./.
