Sevent­een-year-old defeat­s Tai wan’s Tai 14-21, 21-18, 21-16 in 66 thrill­ing minute­sSHANGHAI: Seventeen-year-old South Korean schoolgirl An Se-Young stunned Taiwan’s world number one Tai Tzu-ying at the Sudirman Cup on Wednesday to burnish her fast-growing reputation. Taiwan and title-holders South Korea were already into the quarter-finals of the mixed-team world championships, but this was further evidence of An’s precious talent. China, Malaysia, Japan and Thailand are also into the knockout stages. Along with top seeds Japan, China — the 10-time winners of the Sudirman Cup — are the favourites to lift the trophy on Sunday. Saina Nehwal, India’s 2015 world silver-medallist, was well beaten by Chen Yufei, the third-ranked Chinese winning 21-12, 21-17 in 33 minutes.

Source: The Express Tribune May 22, 2019 08:46 UTC