Ratchanok and Nitchaon out of Australian Open

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Ratchanok and Nitchaon out of Australian Open

By The Nation

 

Ratchanok Intanon

 

The campaigns of Ratchanok Intanon and Nitchaon Jindapol in the Crown Group Australian Open came to an end on Saturday following their semi-final defeats in Sydney.

 

Ranked seventh in the world, Ratchanok had no answer to the solid all court game of the top seed and world No 3 Nozomi Okuhara of Japan, losing 17-21 15-21 in 46 minutes.

 

Ratchanok, who has two titles under her belt this season by winning the India Open and Malaysia Masters, has lost seven out of 12 matches in her head-to-head record with the 2017 world champion.

 

Also bowing out in the last four was Nitchaon Jindapol who fell to world No 2 Chen Yufei of China

21-10 23-25 21-6. The 29^th ranked Thai never beat the Chinese in all of their six meetings.

 

However, the semi-final berth in Sydney is still the best result by Nitchaon this year. Her last semi-final appearance was in the Singapore Open in July last year.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/sports/30370758

 

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