into the court to attack Pliskova’s second serve on an unseasonably cool day in New York. Among others, Kartikey Gulshan Kumar suffered a 16-21, 21-19, 16-21 semifinal loss to Kunlavut. Players remain the focus through the week, even as Okuhara is declared the queen of shuttle. She was also undone by the tall Czech’s biggest weapon – her powerful serve. Prince Edward is in attendance for the finals, and after a very brief wave and smile, the patron of Scottish badminton settles to watch the sport, amongst the other fans. “You have no paparazzi in your country,” they accuse. are coaxed into answering in English with the Koreans making a real effort to start communicating with the rest of the world. ne who comes back from a drugs sentence — performance enhancing drugs — and all of a sudden gets to play every single match on Center Court, I think that’s a questionable thing to do,” fumed the Danish former world number one. Williams’ Lance Stroll, surprisingly, has secured fourth place while Force India’s Esteban Ocon starts fifth. y of lensmen started taking pictures so he could teach his badminton students how the greats played their shots.