Ratchanok among title contenders
Thai seeks confidence boost before Olympics
Ratchanok Intanon is among the title contenders in the women’s singles at the Asian leg in Bangkok which begins tomorrow with the Yonex Thailand Open.
World No.5 Ratchanok, Thailand’s highest-ranked singles player, broke a title drought of nine months last year with a hard-earned win over reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin at the Indonesia Masters.
Subsequently the former world No.1 made two quarter-finals at the Princess Sirivannavari Thailand Masters and the All England Open.
Usually a player who doesn’t struggle for rhythm, the…