World No.6 Ratchanok Intanon has been drawn to face top-ranked Tai Tzu-ying in the first round of this week's BWF Superseries Finals. The other two players in Group B are No.5 Sung Ji-Hyun of South Korea and No.8 Chen Yufei of China. Ratchanok and Tai have a 9-9 career record with the Taiwanese winning three matches and the Thai two in their meetings this year. The top two players of each group reach the semi-finals of the season-ending tournament, which begins tomorrow in Dubai. In the men's singles, South Korea' Son Wan-Ho, Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei, Hong Kong's Ng Ka Long and Olympic champion Chen Long from China.

Source: Bangkok Post December 11, 2017 21:22 UTC