Nguyen One Win Away From Last 16 Place In Olympics Badminton.

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Monday, July 26th, 2021 3:34pm

By Ciara Plunkett @plunkettciara

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He was a straight-sets winner this afternoon.

Dubliner Nhat Nguyen is one win away from last-16 place in the men’s singles badminton.

The 21-year old was a straight-set victor over Sri Lanka’s Niluka Karunaratne this afternoon.

Nguyen will face Taipei’s Wang Tzu-Wei on Wednesday in their decisive pool game.

#Badminton RESULT: Nhat Nguyen 🇮🇪 has WON his second set 21-14 against Sri Lanka’s Niluka Karunaratne and has WON 21-16 21-14! 🇱🇰 Well Done Nhat!! 🏸 #TeamIreland #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/hPTzZ81s3y

— Team Ireland (@TeamIreland) July 26, 2021

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