Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Chen Yufei won 21-18, 19-21, 21-18 over Tai Tzu Ying in the women’s singles final Tokyo 2020 Olympics which took place at Musashino Sport Forest Plaza, Sunday (1/8) night.
The Tzu Ying vs Yufei match is a duel ranked first and second in the world as well as the first and second seeds in 2020 Olympics.
A tight duel between the two women’s singles occurred in the first game. Tzu Ying, who had led the points, was left behind at 7-10. However, the 2018 Asian Games champion was able to reverse the position to 11-10 in the first game interval.
Tzu-ying had a hit accuracy problem which gave Yufei an advantage. Tzu-ying’s game which was actually quite slick did not result in a victory in the first game. Yufei won 21-18 in the opening game.
In the second gym, Tzu-ying still can’t get rid of unforced errors like in the first gym. Yufei took the lead in the second gym interval.
Tzu-ying tried to be patient to close the gap and even then took the lead at 15-14. Continued to be followed by Yufei, Tzu-ying maintained the lead and won 21-19 in the second game.
The match looked fierce at the start of the third game, but slowly Yufei won point by point and had a 10-3 lead before the third game interval showed 11-6.
Tzu-ying kept trying to close the distance. However, the repeated unforced errors made Yufei back away. A tight duel is presented until the end of the third game that is won
This is the second gold for . Previously won gold through representatives in doubles
Meanwhile, in the previous bronze medal match, Pusarla Sindhu won over He Bingjao in a two-set match.
Sindhu is quite comfortable in running the pattern of the game against Bingjao. The 2016 Olympic silver medalist won 21-13, 21-15 in the 53-minute match.
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