China beats Taiwan in women's final

TOKYO - In a fight to the death with women's singles world number one Tai Tzu-Ying of Taiwan, China's Chen Yufei on Sunday won her country its second badminton gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Chen Yufei, who ranks number two, beat Tai 21-18 19-21 21-18 with well-angled smashes, clever feints and a feather-light net-game. The match, full of hypnotic rallies, came close several times, keeping onlookers on the edge of their seats. "I imagined getting the gold medal and this was very hard," said a breathless Chen Yufei, 23, adding that she couldn't remember the last shot of the match.