Tai Tzu-ying is the world’s top ranked women’s badminton player
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/01/28
By: Central News Agency
TAIPEI (CNA) — Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) easily dispatched old foe Saina Nehwal
of India at the Indonesia Masters on Sunday to secure her first women’s singles badminton title of the young season.
The world No. 1, who had an 8-5 career mark against Nehwal and had won their last six encounters dating back to 2014, was in control throughout the match and overwhelmed her Indian opponent 21-9, 21-13 in just 27 minutes.
A day earlier after reaching Sunday’s final with a difficult 21-19, 21-19 over recent Tai nemesis Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand, Nehwal had high hopes that her form and fitness had finally returned after a 2017 marred by injuries. [FULL STORY]