The women's singles top seed Chen Yufei reacts during the gold medal match at Tokyo Olympics on Aug 1, 2021. [Photo/IC]
TOKYO - China's top seed Chen Yufei defeated Chinese Taipei's world No 1 Tai Tzu-ying in badminton women's singles final to win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics here on Sunday.
Scores seesawed from the onset before Chen led from a 17-17 tie to 21-18. Chen raced to a 11-8 lead in the second game, but Tai recovered from 12-14 down to win 21-19. In the decider, Chen dominated to clinch a 21-18 victory, thus winning the final 2-1.
Chen, 23, who is a two-time bronze medalist at world championships, harvested her first Olympic gold in her Olympic debut.
Earlier in the day, India's No 7 Pusarla Venkata Sindhu beat Chen's teammate He Bingjiao 21-13, 21-15 to bag the bronze.
