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BWF World Tour Finals: Carolina Marin guns for title after ending Pornpawee Chochuwong's run
•Spain's Marin — winner of back-to-back titles for the past fortnight — is gunning for a hat-trick of victories in Sunday's final.
BWF World Tour Finals: An Se-young registers maiden win over Carolina Marin; Tai Tzu-ying beats Ratchanok Intanon
•The young South Korean had lost to reigning Olympic champion Marin during their previous two meetings, but on Friday managed to capture a victory on the last day of the round-robin stage.
Thailand Open: Top-ranked Tai Tzu-ying sees off persistent Mia Blichfeldt to set up final clash against Carolina Marin
•The Taiwanese player made a strong start, but Blichfeldt's strong defence caused her problems.
Indonesia Masters 2020: Miserable campaign for Indian shuttlers casts cloud on Tokyo Olympics participation
Shirishnadkarni •India can, by rights, command one quota place in each of the five badminton events at Tokyo 2020, but to squeeze in a second entry in any of the 64-player draws requires that player or pair to be ranked inside the top-15 in the world
Indonesia Masters: Defending champion Saina Nehwal’s first-round loss deals crippling blow to Olympics qualification hopes
Shirishnadkarni •Having played with distinction at Beijing in 2008, London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016, Saina Nehwal had set her heart on qualifying for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo
Malaysia Masters 2020: PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal produce straight-sets victories to advance to quarter-finals
•Sixth seed Sindhu notched up a commanding 21-10, 21-15 victory over Japan's Aya Ohori in a pre-quarterfinal match lasting just 34 minutes
BWF Denmark Open 2019: PV Sindhu fails to shake off rust in loss to An Se Young as top shuttlers struggle with unforgiving schedule
Harshitr •After her World Championship triumph in August, Sindhu has failed to breach the second-round hurdle in three attempts, having previously lost at the China and Korea Open events
BWF French Open 2019: An Se Young sends strongest message to date that she's a raging new talent in the shuttle firmament
Shirishnadkarni •An Se Young appears indefatigable, is swift and decisive with her footwork, has a virtually impregnable defence, and an arsenal of accurate strokes.
BWF French Open 2019: Saina Nehwal bows out in quarter-finals after fighting loss to World No 16 An Se Young
•The 29-year-old Saina, who had claimed the Indonesia Masters in January this year, lost 20-22, 21-23 to World No 16 Young after a 49-minute thrilling contest
BWF French Open 2019: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty stun world champions in doubles; Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu advance to quarters
•Two-time Commonwealth Games champion Saina, who had lost in the first round in three successive events, will next take on Korea's An Se Young