Indonesia Open: Intanon on the Right Track
A quietly pleased Ratchanok Intanon said the gradual return of her physical strength has her well placed to launch an attack at December’s TotalEnergies BWF World Championships in Huelva, Spain.
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Intanton has been playing the long game these past months, preferring to target the world championships as she regains confidence in her right shoulder.
The Thai has had to deal with the trauma of losing her mother after the Olympics, and then fight through injury-plagued tournaments in Denmark and France.
But in her 21-18 21-12 defeat of Korea’s Kim Gaeun in yesterday's first round of the Indonesia Open 2021, the world No.8 said she was starting to regain the trust needed to deliver on the difficult points.