The Hindu·3 min read·medium
A fraction late, a step ahead: Tanvi Sharma arrives in Taipei
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Devyanshi Bihani
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Seventeen-year-old Tanvi Sharma won the Taipei Open, becoming the youngest champion since Tai Tzu-ying. Her victory marks a potential shift in Indian badminton, highlighting her unique playing style characterized by timing and deception.
Taipei is the city of Tai Tzu-ying. For more than a decade, the former World No. 1 turned badminton into theatre, delighting spectators with strokes that seemed to bend geometry and deception that left opponents frozen.
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