World Tour Finals: Chochuwong’s Turn to Shine
She had grown up idolising Ratchanok Intanon, and today Pornpawee Chochuwong finally stepped out of her icon’s shadow.
· DEV SUKUMAR
The world No.13 achieved a long-sought moment, that too at HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2020, the biggest event on home soil, when she outplayed third seed Intanon 15-21 21-11 21-18.
It took a while coming. Chochuwong almost did it last year in the semifinals of the TOYOTA Thailand Open when she fell in a cracker of a match, 21-19 in the third to Intanon.
Today it was again close. Intanon had the edge at 16-14 in the third, but Chochuwong, a debutant at the season finale, swept past her at the end.