Saturday, 30 January 2021
Chinese Taipei’s world number one Tai Tzu Ying stands between the Rio 2016 champion Carolina Marín and an unprecedented third straight Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 1000 title in Bangkok tomorrow.
Both players earned relatively straightforward semi-final wins today at Impact Arena in the BWF World Tour Finals, with the Spaniard having the advantage of playing home hope Pornpawee Chochuwong when the latter was hampered by an ankle injury.
Marín took full advantage as she advanced with a 21-13, 21-13 victory.
Tai knew too much for the talented 18-year-old from South Korea, An Se-young, who had beaten Marín in her final group match the day before - albeit that Marín was experimenting with some new shots in a match that was a dead rubber for her.