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Patna : Second seed & World No 2 Tai Tzu Ying, 25, Taiwan, and reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin, 26, Spain, will clash in the women’s singles semi-finals of Yonex All England Open, an HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1,000 Badminton Tournament, at Birmingham, England, on March 14, 2020, evening. Top seed & World No 1 Chen Yu Fei, 22, China, and 4th seed Nozomi Okuhara, 25, Japan, will clash in the first semi-finals.
Tai Tzu Ying drubbed World No 17 Pornpawee Chochuwong, 22, Thailand, in straight games 21-9, 21-11 in just 30 minutes in quarter-finals on March 13, 2020, late night. Tai won 42 rallies in the match to 20 by Pornpawee. She won 8 consecutive points to 3 by the Thai. Tai now leads Pornpawee 3-0 Head to Head.
World No 7 & 8th seed Carolina Marin beat World No 3 & 3rd seed Akane Yamaguchi, 22, Japan, 21-15, 21-12 in 51 minutes in QFs. Carolina won 42 rallies in the match to 27 by Yamaguchi. The Spaniard now leads Yamaguchi 7-6 Head to Head.