Bangkok: After losing to He Bingjiao in the opening match on Wednesday, Tai Tzu Ying treated the Bangkok crowd to a brilliant match at the 2022 BWF World Tour Finals as she battled it out for 44 minutes to beat Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand 22-20, 21-16.
Tai will now face Ratchanok Intanon on Friday to decide who qualifies for the semi-finals. He Bing Jiao who won two matches so far has already made the knockout stage.
Highlights of Tai Tzu Ying vs. Busanan Ongbamrungphan at the 2022 BWF World Tour Finals:
In women’s singles Group A, all four players (An Se Young, Chen Yu Fei, Akane Yamaguchi, Gregoria Mariska Tunjung) have a chance to make the next round as all of them has each won 1 and lost 1 match. The two winners from Group A on Friday would make the next round.
Meanwhile, Malaysia’s mixed doubles pair – Tan Kian Meng/Lai Pei Jing, who shocked the Tokyo Olympic champions – Wang Yi Lyu/Huang Dongping in the opening action on Wednesday, failed to maintain their momentum when they lost to Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Sapsiree Taerattanachai from Thailand 9-21, 11-21 in their second Group B match.
They would need to win over another Thai pair, Supak Jomkoh/Supissara Paewsampran to keep their chance of making the semi-finals.
However, another Malaysian mixed doubles pair, Goh Soon Huat/Shevon Jemie Lai suffered their second defeat in the Group A competition when they succumbed to the European champions from France, Thom Gicquel/Delphine Delrue 21-16, 18-21, 17 -21.
In the women’s doubles competition, both Vivian Hoo/Lim Chiew Sin and Pearly Tan/Thinaah Muralitharan failed to pass the group stage when they lost their respective second group match on Thursday.
