In women’s singles, winning All England title will be tougher than the Olympics
Blasphemous as it sounds, but it might be easier to win the Olympics than it is to win the All England this year if you are a women’s singles player.
Let’s take you on a breathless matrix of head-to-head scores of various contenders, that is the gold-churning cauldron called women’s singles ahead of the Super 1000 tournament at Arena Birmingham, which begins on March 14.
After a couple of years of some top names missing out either due to Covid or more owing to busted knees, the WS draw this year is a full-house with patched back joints and tendons and gleaming ambitions. Carolina Marin is back in full fitness.
If familiarity is your thing, it is important to note that PV Sindhu and Nozomi Okuhara – those World Champions from the last decade, start unseeded this year, so crammed is the d...