Taipei Times
Date: Oct 28, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA

Taiwanese badminton ace Tai Tzu-ying failed to reach the final of the women’s singles at the Yonex

Internationaux de France de Badminton in Paris on Saturday, losing to Spain’s Carolina Marin, who began the final against An Se-young of South Korea just before press time last night.

Tai was defeated 16-21, 9-21 in 35 minutes in their semi-final.

The loss means that Tai would fall to second place in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings this week, losing her world No. 1 title to Okuhara Nozomi of Japan.

In the first game, the 25-year-old Taiwanese took a 5-1 lead before losing eight consecutive points to her Spanish rival.    [FULL  STORY]