Tzu-ying to make one last push for two most prized titles


Tokyo on my mind: Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying returning a shot to Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon in the quarter-finals yesterday. — AP

IT will be one last hurrah for Taiwanese women’s singles shuttler Tai Tzu-ying.

She’s making one final push for an Olympic gold medal and World Championship title as she intends to call time on her badminton career after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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