Ratchanok's campaign in China is over
The run of Ratchanok Intanon in the Tahoe China Open came to an end on Saturday as she went down to Japanese old foe Akane Yamaguchi 14-21 18-21 in the semi-finals in Fuzhou.
In less than 24 hours after her stunning win over world No 1 Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan on Friday, Ratchanok failed to maintain her top form as allowed a string of unforced errors come out of her racquet in the match which last 42 minutes.
The world No 4 Akane successfully settled score with the sixth ranked Thai as she just lost the final of the Danisa Denmark Open in three games. Ratchanok came from 16-19 in the final game to win that match 14-21 21-15 21-19 for her first Super Series Premier title in 12 months.
Ratchanok has trailed Yamaguchi 7-9 in their head-to-head records.
