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Nhat Nguyen storms into last 16 at World Championships

Nhat Nguyen is on the march
Nhat Nguyen is on the march

Nhat Nguyen progressed to the last 16 of the Badminton World Federation World Championships on Tuesday after a brilliant defeat of English number one Toby Penty.

Nguyen had an encouraging Olympic Games in the summer, just failing to make it to the quarters after losing a three-game thriller against 10th seed Wang Tzu-wei.

The 21-year-old is continuing his strong 2021 in Huelva, Spain, where he took 55 minutes to overcome Penty 2-0 (21-17, 23-21).

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