Vietnamese Team Falls Short in BXL Badminton League Opener Despiteโค Axelsen‘s Efforts
Jakarta,โ Indonesia – October 6, โข2025 – A team featuring Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen thuy Linh suffered โฃa narrow defeat in theirโ opening match of the BXL Badminton league โขin โJakarta, indonesia, on October โ2nd, despite โa dramatic victory and subsequent loss in a decisive match by Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen. The Lightning team ultimately lost toโ their โขopponents after aโฃ tiebreaker, jeopardizing their chances โฃfor the $350,000 grand prize.
The โunique โคtournament format consists of teams comprised of two singles and two doubles players, competing in best-of-five game matches lasting eight minutes each. While the Lightning team – including โคAlfian, Nur Izzudin Rumsani, Yuta Watanabe, โShevon Lai, alongside Axelsen, Jonathan Christie, Michelle Lee, Chirag Centhi, Ong Yushin,โฃ Sabar โGutama, Afriyani โRahayu, and โขLai Pay Jing – initially โขsecured a 3-2 win in the โขfirst round against Gutama, Ong Yushin, and Lai Pay Jing, they faltered in โsubsequent matches. Nguyen Thuy Linh lost 0-4 to Michelle Lee, โand despite Axelsen’s 3-2 victory over Jonathan Christie in the third round, the team ultimately lost the โคfourth match โ1-3,โ forcing a tiebreaker.
In the crucialโข tiebreaker, Axelsen and Christie were โคagain paired, but the Lightning team lost โค4-5, resultingโ in overall defeat. This โขloss eliminates the team from immediate contention for the winning prize, meaningโค Nguyen Thuy โLinh will miss out on a potential share of โthe $40,000 prize money. The BXLโ Badminton โLeague, running from October 2nd to 5th, boasts a total prize pool ofโ $750,000 (approximately 20 billion โVietnamese Dong), with the winning team receiving $350,000 (approximately 9.2 billion Vietnamese Dong) to be dividedโ amongst its members.
The Lightning team โคwill face โฃthe Hurricane team on October 3rd, requiring โa win to remainโ in โคchampionship contention.