Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/10
By: Lee Chin-wei and William Yen
Taipei, Nov. 10 (CNA) Taiwan’s Pai Yu-po (白馭珀) advanced to the women’s singles
Image taken from Pai Yu-po (白馭珀) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pypamber/)
semifinals of the 2017 Macau Open badminton tournament on Friday.
Pai who ranks 42nd in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings, defeated Han Yue of China 21-9, 21-9 in a quarterfinal encounter to set up a semifinal battle against another Chinese, world No. 60 Zhang Yiman.
The Macau Open is a Grand Prix Gold event, a cut below the top tier Superseries tournaments, and has not attracted the top players in the game, giving players like Pai a chance to earn valuable ranking points.
The highest seed in the women’s singles is Aya Ohori of Japan, ranked 15th in the world. [FULL STORY]