Nhat Nguyen 'buzzing' after perfect start to Tokyo Olympics

The Dublin badminton star overcame Sri Lanka’s Nikula Karunaratne in his opening group game of the men’s singles.

Ireland's Nhat Nguyen reacts after winning his game

Badminton ace Nhat Nguyen got his Olympic campaign off to the perfect start in Tokyo on Monday night, the 21-year-old Dubliner taking a comfortable straight-sets win in his opening group game of the men’s singles.

Nguyen was up against Sri Lanka’s Nikula Karunaratne and he faced a tough first set, pulling through to win it 21-16. He wore his opponent down through the second, his class telling as he closed the match out 21-14. Afterwards he dedicated the win to his family back in Dublin, with whom he moved to Ireland from Vietnam at the age of six.