Tai, Praneeth capture titles
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TAI Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei cemented her status as the world’s top female shuttler as she beat reigning Olympic champion and world No. 2 Carolina Marin in straight games at the Singapore Open yesterday.
World No. 1 Tai took just 38 minutes to seal a clinical 21-15, 21-15 victory at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
It was Tai’s fifth consecutive Super Series title and her second victory over Marin in less than two weeks, having already triumphed in the Malaysian Open f inal.
The usually unflappable Marin had no answers to Tai’s excellent defensive work and quick smashes as the diminutive 22-year-old edged ahead at 13-10 and eventually took the first game.
The Spaniard still failed to find her rhythm in the second, as a composed Tai dictated the pace and saw out the game comfortably.
It was Tai’s first title in the city-state and she did not drop a game all tournament.
In the men’s singles final, India’s B Sai Praneeth beat compatriot Srikanth Kidambi 17-21, 21-17, 21-12 for the first Super Series title of his career.
Praneeth, the world No. 30, said he was pegged back by a slow start but refused to give up. “When I got my strokes going and I got some rhythm, I thought ‘OK, the game is still on’.”
China’s Lu Kai and Huang Yaqiong beat Thais Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai 19-21, 21-16, 21-11 in mixed doubles.
There was double joy for Denmark as its shuttlers claimed both the men’s and women’s doubles titles.
Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl edged Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi of Japan 21-18, 14-21, 21-15, while Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen beat Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen of China 21-13, 21-14.
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