Tai rose to No. 1 in the world at the age of 22. She was ranked No. 1 in women's singles in December 2016.
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Taiwan’s top female shuttler Tai Tzu-Ying has announced she will retire at the end of next year after more than 20 years of competition on the badminton court. At a commercial event in her hometown of Kaohsiung on Saturday, Tai, 28, announced her retirement plans. I intend to retire at the end of the following year. Even if I was still able to compete at that point, it would be the end,” the silver medalist from the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo said, indicating that she wanted to rest.
Even though Tai, who is currently ranked fourth in the world, has mentioned retiring on occasion over the past two years, this is the first time she has specified the precise date. She stated, “My initial plan was to play until the end of last year (2021), but after finishing the season, I felt that I was good to continue,” in a recorded interview that the Badminton World Federation (BWF) made available to the public in August 2016.
Tai began playing badminton at the age of five and entered international competitions at the age of fifteen. Her career in women’s singles has been illustrious. She has won three All England Open titles (in 2017, 2018, and 2020), three BWF World Tour Finals crowns (in 2014, 2016, and 2020), and three other major tournaments. In addition to her silver medal from the Tokyo Olympics, Tai tied Chen Shao-chieh for the best tournament record ever set by a Taiwanese female player in that division when she lost to Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the 2021 BWF World Championships.
In her announcement on Saturday, Tai hinted that she might not compete again after the Olympics in Paris in 2024. “My approach to each game right now is to enjoy the time I have left on the court, but I anticipate playing through the season next year. Even if I could still play then, I want to rest,” Tai said. Many people describe Tai’s offensive game, which she plays, as unpredictable and frequently impulsive. She is a very daring player who uses a variety of shots and angles to disguise her shots, making it appear as though she can hit the shuttle from almost anywhere. Her very casual hitting action is also impressive.
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On June 20, 1994, Tai Tzu-Ying was born. She plays badminton and is from Taiwan. Tai rose to No. 1 in the world at the age of 22. She was ranked No. 1 in women’s singles in December 2016 and has held that position for 213 weeks (as of 2 May 2022)—the longest period in BWF history for a women’s singles player. Tai won gold at the 2017 Summer Universiade, silver in the women’s singles event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and silver at the 2018 Asian Games. As of 2020, she has won the BWF Superseries/World Tour Finals at the end of the year three times as well as the All-England Open three times. She has also twice won the Asian Championships.
Tai’s career started when she was in elementary school, thanks to the influence of her father, a firefighter and the head of the badminton committee for Kaohsiung City. Tai began playing badminton in the fourth or fifth grade of elementary school. In the sixth grade, she competed in a national ranking tournament, won the second division championship, and qualified to play in the first division matches. She was the player who entered the top division at the earliest age.
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