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Patna : World No 4 and 3rd seed Chen Yufei, 21, China, upset World No 1 and top seed Tai Tzu Ying, 24, Chinese Taipei, in straight games in the final to lift the women’s singles title at Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships 2019 at Arena Birmingham, UK, on March 10, 2019, night.
Yufei had lost 11 times to Tai Tzu in the past. But, she turned the table on her fancied rival on March 10 defeating Tai Tzu 21-17, 21-17 in 41 minutes. Yufei won 42 rallies in the match to 34 by Tai Tzu. Yufei won 6 consecutive points in the match to 4 by Tai Tzu. Tai Tzu, however, still leads Yufei 11-1 head to head. Yufei will get 12,000 ranking points for winning the singles title. Tai Tzu will get 10,200 points.