Thai badminton star falls to longtime Taiwanese rival and in quarter-finals
Ratchanok Intanon cries after losing to Tai Tzu-ying in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza in Tokyo on Friday. (Badminton Association of Thailand photo)
Shuttler Ratchanok Intanon ended her Tokyo Olympic campaign on Friday, with a three-set quarter-final loss to rival Tai Tzu-ying of Taiwan, leaving no Thai contenders in the badminton competition.
Ratchanok, ranked sixth in the world, took the first set 21-14 and was leading in the second before the Taiwanese star came back to win 21-18. The world No.1 then clinched the decider 21-18.
Ratchanok could not hold back her tears of disappointment as her coach…
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