Tai defeats Marin to win Singapore Open title

Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu- ying 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 on Sunday

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 at the Malaysian Open final.

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.

In the men’s singles title, India’s B. Sai Praneeth beat compatriot Srikanth Kidambi 17- 21, 21- 17, 21- 12 for the first Super Series title of his career.

In the mixed doubles final, the Chinese mainland’s Lu Kai and Huang Yaqiong beat Thailand’s Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai 19- 21, 21- 16, 21- 11.

There was double joy for Denmark as they claimed both the men’s and women’s doubles.

Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl beat Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi of Japan 21- 18, 14- 21, 21- 15, while Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen beat Chinese mainland pair Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen 21- 13, 21- 14.