TIAN, TAI SHINE THROUGH – DUBAI WORLD SUPERSERIES FINALS: DAY 4 SESSION
TEXT BY DEV SUKUMAR | BADMINTONPHOTO
Tai Tzu Ying reversed a sequence of five straight losses to Sun Yu, booking her spot in the final of the World Superseries Finals for the third time in four years.
Tai, runner-up at the event in Kuala Lumpur (2013) and winner in Dubai in 2014, offered glimpses of her semis_tai-tzu-ying2prodigious talent in her Women’s Singles semi-final against the Chinese, getting the job done in 50 minutes: 21-19 21-19.
Despite the loss, China had reason for cheer, as Tian Houwei beat former nemesis Jan O Jorgensen (Denmark) in the Men’s Singles semi-finals to give himself a shot at a first World Superseries title. Young guns Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan rode into the Women’s Doubles final, where they face Japan’s Misaki Matsutomo/Ayaka Takahashi. England’s Chris Adcock/Gabrielle Adcock were the other pair to record a victory in the morning session.
Tai had never beaten Sun in five meetings, and was fired up from the start. Sun found herself chasing for the most part, having to react to her opponent’s heavily disguised shots coming from unexpected angles. Tai (featured image), often guilty of frittering away the advantage with loose play, suffered a similar spell in the second, but quickly pulled herself together and shot ahead of the tall Chinese.
“I’ve always made too many mistakes in past matches against her, while she was always stable,” Tai said. “Today I tried to cut down on the errors. I’m very happy to have finally beaten her after five losses.”^^page admin
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