World No. 1 Tzu-ying will skip world meet for Universiade at home


KUCHING: World No. 1 women’s singles shuttler Tai Tzu-ying of Taiwan will skip this year’s World Championships in Glasgow, Scot­land to compete in the World University Games (Universiade) in Taipei City.

The world meet is from Aug 21-27 while the Universiade is from Aug 19-30.

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