Indian star P.V. Sindhu crashed out of the All England Open badminton championships following a hard-fought defeat to Sung Ji-Hyun of South Korea in the first round of the women’s singles category, here on Wednesday.
/ Staff writer, with CNABadminton world No. 2 Tai Tzu-ying （戴資穎） of Taiwan yesterday won the Yonex Taipei Open for a fourth time, beating World No. 35 Saena Kawakami of Japan 21-17, 21-16 at the Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium.
Badminton world No. 2 Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) of Taiwan yesterday won the Yonex Taipei Open for a fourth time, beating World No. 35 Saena Kawakami of Japan 21-17, 21-16 at the Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium.
World No. 4 Chou Tien-chen (周天成) also did Taiwan proud in the men’s singles, beating World No. 38 Kodai Naraoka of Japan 14-21, 21-10, 21-6 in 1 hour, 1 minute.
Tai’s final lasted 37 minutes her longest match during the tournament.
Despite Tai taking an early lead in both games, Kawakami managed to even the score twice during the first game and was just one point behind