Yonex All England Open-2018

Question: In the women’s singles semifinals of the Yonex All England Open, 2018 badminton championship held on March 18th, 2018 who amongst the following defeated the India’s P.V. Sindhu?
(a) Akane Yamaguchi
(b) Tai Tzu Ying
(c) Chen Yufei
(d) Kirsty Gilmour
Answer: (a) 
Related Facts: 

  • BWF’s Yonex All England Open Badminton Championship concluded in 2018 Birmingham, England (U.K.) (March 14th-18th, 2018)
  • Competition Results:
  • Men’s Singles
    Winner-Shi Yuki (China)
    Runner Up- Lin Dan (China)
  • Women’s Singles
    Winner-Tai Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei)
    Runner Up-Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)
  • Men’s Doubles:
    winner- Marcus Fernandes Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (both Indonesia)
    Runner Up- Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen (both Denmark)
  • Women’s Doubles: 
    Winner- Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Christina Patterson (both Denmark)
  •  Runner Up- Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota (both Japan)
  • Mixed Doubles: 
    Winner- Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino (both Japan)
    Runner Up- Zheng Sewei and Huang Yaqiong (both China)
  • In the semi finals of the tournament Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi defeated India’s P.V. Sindhu.
  • Any Indian woman badminton player has not won the title of women’s singles event in the history of of England Open tournament.
  • In the men’s singles event, Prakash Padukone of India (1980) and Pullela Gopichand (2001) has got this achievement.
  • Reference:             
    http://bwfworldtour.com/tournament/3141/yonex-all-england-open-2018/results/draw/xd