Taipei, Oct. 31 (CNA) Taiwan's Kuo Kuan-lin (郭冠麟) snagged gold at the BWF World Junior Championships in Santander, Spain after outdueling S. Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian of India in straight sets in the men's singles final on Sunday.
Olympic silver medalist Tai Tzu-ying’s (戴資穎) dreams of a first Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships women’s singles title were dashed yesterday in Spain after world No. 3 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan outplayed her in straight games.
World No. 1 Tai, seemingly hampered by an injury as the match neared its end, lost 14-21, 11-21 to Yamaguchi, who was the more battle-tested of the two entering the tournament, having played and performed well in several events since the Tokyo Olympics.
This was the furthest Tai has gone in the World Championships, as she has not made it further than the quarter-finals despite
/ Staff writer, with CNAOlympic silver medalist Tai Tzu-ying’s （戴資穎） dreams of a first Badminton World Federation （BWF） World Championships women’s singles title were dashed yesterday in Spain after world No. 3 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan outplayed her in straight games.
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Taiwanese badminton ace Tai Tzu-ying swings her racket in a women s singles group match at the Tokyo Olympics Wednesday
Tokyo, July 28 (CNA) The true test now begins for Taiwan s top-ranked badminton star Tai Tzu-ying (戴資潁) at the Tokyo Olympics.
Tai clinched a spot in the final eight of the Olympic badminton women s singles Wednesday after completing a sweep of her preliminary round group matches with a comfortable 21-10, 21-13 victory over Chinese-born French player Qi Xuefei (齊雪霏).
Tai was barely tested in any of her three group matches, but looming is a much tougher encounter with the winner of the round of 16 match between Thailand s Ratchanok Intanon, who has beaten Tai on multiple occasions, or Gregoria Tunjung of Indonesia.