Nitchaon nails it again in Saarbrucken
Nitchaon Jindapol lifted up her second World Grand Prix Gold title in four years after she upset world No 12 Beiwen Zhang of Malaysia 21-17 15-21 21-19 in the Bitburder Badminton Open finals in Saarbrucken on Sunday.
The world No 15 was engaged in a neck-and-neck duel with the old foe before she narrowly won the match in 69 minutes with a repertoire of shots. She also snapped the three losing streaks to the Malaysian and reduced the lifetime record against the rival to 2-3.
Hailing from Phuket the 26-year-old Nitchaon also won her first World Grand Prix title here in 2013. Last year she also reached the final but lost to He Bingjiao of China 11-21 18-21.
Thailand also won the women's doubles after second seeded Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai beat Japanese Akane Araki and Aoi Matsuda 21-19 21-6.
