With a new shirt, Thai badminton star Ratchanok Intanon comfortably beat Gregoria Mariska Tunjung of Indonesia 21-12, 21-19 to reach the quarter-finals of the women’s singles at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday.
The world No.6 is Thailand’s only shuttler left at Tokyo 2020 after Busanan Ongbamrungphan was eliminated in the round of 16 at the Musashino Forrest Sports Plaza.
Wearing her own sleeveless shirt, Ratchanok underlined her supremacy over her 23rd-ranked opponent, clinching the last-16 match in just 39 minutes.
The 26-year-old Thai has now beaten Tunjung in all eight of their encounters.
On Tuesday, Ratchanok wore Thailand’s official shirt and struggled to get past Soniia Cheah Su Ya of Malaysia in her last…
