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Patna : Top seed & World No 1 Chen Yu Fei, 22, China, beat 4th seed & 2017 World Champion Nozomi Okuhara, 25, Japan, to enter the final of Yonex All England Open, an HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1,000 Badminton Tournament, at Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England, on March 14, 2020.
Defending Champion Chen Yu Fei beat World No 4 Nozomi Okuhara 21-14, 23-21 in 43 minutes in semi-finals. Chen won 44 rallies in the match to 35 by the Japanese. She won 4 consecutive points in the match to 6 by Okuhara. Chen now leads Okuhara 5-4 Head to Head. The top seed will the winner of second semi-finals between 2nd seed & World No 2 Tai Tzu Ying, Taiwan, and reigning Olympic Champion Carolina Marin, Spain, in final on March 15, 2020.