Olympic champion Chen reaches women’s singles final at badminton worlds


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TOKYO, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Olympic champion Chen Yufei of China fought back from one set down to beat second seed Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei and reach the women's singles final at the World Badminton Championships here on Saturday. The match was a repeat of the Tokyo Olympic final last year when Chen defeated Tai in a three-set thriller to win the gold medal. Saturday's match proved to be more difficult. Chen found herself slump to 10-2 behind and drop the first set 21-15, but recovered quickly in the second set and gained full control, winning 21-14. Chen took...