Taiwanese shuttler Sung Shuo-yun on Saturday advanced to the women’s singles final at the Yonex Canada Open with a 9-21, 21-15, 21-19 win over top seed Carolina Marin of Spain.
With her victory over World No. 1 Marin in their semi-final at the Markin MacPhail Centre in Calgary, Sung clinched her first spot in a BWF Super Series final.
The 25-year-old on Friday dispatched third-seed Beiwen Zhang of the US in the quarter-finals, and reached the semi-finals without surrendering a single game in the previous three rounds.
Saturday’s match was the first meeting between Sung and Marin, whose experience was evident in winning the opening game 21-9.
Despite falling behind 10-13 in the second set, Sung rallied to win the second game 21-15.
She established a 6-1 lead at the beginning of the next game, before being pegged back by Marin, but the Taiwanese held her cool to clinch the game 21-19, and win the match.
Sung was yesterday to face Canada’s Michelle Li, the tournament’s second seed.
A win in the final would give Sung 5,500 points and US$5,625, but she would still earn 4,680 points and US$2,850 as runner-up.
Regardless of the outcome, reaching the final marks a new career high for Sung, whose previous best BWF Super Series finish was a semi-finals appearance at the Orleans Masters in 2019.
In mixed doubles on Saturday, Taiwan’s Ye Hong-wei and Lee Chia Hsin beat Canada’s Kevin Lee and Jacqueline Cheung 18-21, 21-14, 21-15 to qualify for the final, where they were to face Japan’s Hiroki Midorikawa and Natsu Saito for the title.
In women’s doubles, Taiwan’s Lee Chia-hsin and Teng Chun-hsun lost 21-15, 27-25 to Japan’s Rui Hirokami and Yuna Kato.
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