World champion Akane Yamaguchi cruised to the final of the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals, worth $1.5 million, at the Nimibutr Arena in Bangkok on Saturday, crushing Olympic gold medallist Chen Yufei in straight games. Yamaguchi got off to a flying start with feisty smash shots and fancy footwork but Chen fought hard to stay in contention. “For the second …
Taiwan had bagged their first-ever Olympic badminton medal the previous night with gold in the men’s doubles competition. Tokyo: China’s Chen Yufei claimed women’s badminton singles gold on Sunday, denying Taiwan a second straight night of success in the sport. But Chen ensured there would be no repeat in the women’s singles, beating world number one Tai Tzu-ying 21-18, 19-21, …
PV Sindhu will now face China’s Chen Yufei in the semi-finals against whom she has a 4-3 head-to-head advantage but lost her last match against the Chinese at China Open. Having stumbled into the quarter-finals of the Indonesia Open World Tour Super 1000 badminton championships on the back of two unconvincing three-game victories, the 24 year old Olympic silver medallist …
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