Badminton News: Taiwan's badminton queen Tai Tzu Ying managed to beat China's Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Chen Yufei 21-16, 21-12 in the women's singles final of the BWF World Tour tournament Super 750 Series India Open 2024, sealing her maiden title for the first time at Hindustan Land, which was also her first victory this season.
World No. 3 Tai Tzu Ying reached the final of the Malaysia Open last week but lost to South Korean badminton queen An Se Young and finished second.
This week we are going to India. Tai Tzu-ying will fight for the first championship in the history of this tournament. He has rarely participated in Indian tournaments in the past. The last time he participated was in 2016. At that time, he finished in the top 8.
Tai Tzu Ying continued to advance to the final four this week, she defeated Singaporean singles player Yeo Jia Min in the previous match and entered the final two weeks in a row.
Today he faced Chen Yufei. Tai Tzu-ying leads 18-8 in the head-to-head record, while the last time the two met was in the Malaysian Open semi-finals last week, when Tai Tzu-ying pulled off a comeback in three matches.
Tai Tzu Ying got off to a slow start today and found themselves with a 1-7 deficit after making too many mistakes. Then he relied on Chen Yufei's long ball to stop the dominance, and then several waves of attacks accurately hit the inside of the boundary.
He scored 6 points in a row to tie the game. To increase the lead, even though Chen Yufei added three game points at the last moment, Tai Tzu-ying quickly stabilized her position and finally sealed the first game 21-16.
Tai Tzu-ying's play was still sharp in the second game, launching a 5-1 attack at the beginning, then Chen Yufei made an error in judgment and missed the challenge, making the game even more urgent. Tai Tzu-ying continued to increase her lead and took the lead to score the 11th point.
After the timeout, Tai Tzu-ying showed precise shuttle control, which exhausted Chen Yufei, allowing Tai Tzu-ying to take the last point of the match to become champion with a fairly comfortable score of 21-12.
Article Tag: Tai Tzu Ying, Chen Yufei, Indian Open 2024
