Ratchanok Intanon missed a chance to win her first title of the year when she lost to arch-rival Chen Yufei in the women’s singles final of the US$360,000 Indonesia Masters in Jakarta on Sunday.
Chinese top seed Chen overcame the Thai fifth seed 21-16, 18-21, 21-1 in 74 minutes to win the BWF World Tour Super 500 event — her first title since her gold medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
Ratchanok won the Indonesia Masters title in 2020.
“I am very pleased to get the gold medal today. I faced some difficulties during the game but I’m very pleased to overcome them and secure the win,” world No.4 Chen said.
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