Badminton News: An exciting match will be featured in the women’s singles sector where two world champions, Akane Yamaguchi of Japan, will face a senior player from Thailand, Ratchanok Intanon, in the final round of the Canada Open World Tour Super 500 tournament.
Top seed Akane Yamaguchi in the semi-finals managed to get rid of India ace PV Sindhu in straight easy 21-14, 21-15.
This is Yamaguchi’s second victory over Sindhu this year after the Singapore Open last month.
Sindhu, who recently dropped out of the top ten to rank no. 15 in the BWF Women’s Singles Ranking due to a series of poor performances on the World Tour, has been on a bad streak. He hasn’t won a title since returning from an injury layoff in January.
Sindhu’s last title came at the Commonwealth Games in August 2022 where she picked up an ankle injury which sidelined her for six months.
Meanwhile, in other matches, Ratchanok Intanon didn’t have to struggle to qualify for the 2023 Canada Open final as his opponent from the United States, Zhang Beiwen, decided to forfeit for cause. injury in the quarter-finals.
Facing arch-nemesis Yamaguchi, Intanon is currently trailing 11-13 head-to-head in 24 encounters.
However, Intanon has a pretty good bankroll for this game where he won the last game of the quarterfinals of the Indonesia Open World Tour Super 1000 tournament last month with a rubber match 18-21, 25-23 and 21-16.
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