Top-ranked Tai edges PV Sindhu at badminton tour finals

Bangkok, Wednesday: World number one Tai Tzu-ying fought back from behind to beat Indian star PV Sindhu in three games at badminton’s World Tour Finals in Bangkok on Wednesday.

The 26-year-old Taiwanese champion lost the first game 19-21 against Sindhu, the Rio Olympics silver medallist, before regrouping to win the next games 21-12, 21-17.

“It was a good match, there were no easy points,” said Tai, who will face further tough assignments against Thailand’s former world champion Ratchanok Intanon and an in-form Pornpawee Chochuwong.

Chochuwong, ranked thirteenth, upset the fifth seed Intanon in a three-game cliffhanger 15-21, 21-11, 21-18.

“I put a lot of pressure on myself and really felt I couldn’t play my best,” Intanon said.

Elsewhere Carolina Marin, looking for her third straight trophy of badminton’s three-tournament restart, dispatched Russia’s Evgeniya Kosetskaya 21-19, 21-14 in 40 minutes. AFP

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