‘Clean sheet’ - Why Hong Kong’s Yip Pui-yin wore white in her final women’s singles match in Rio
Badminton ace, who reached the quarter-finals at the London Games, loses her second match in her group but vows to be stronger in Tokyo in four years’ time
Yip Pui-yin wore white in her defeat by Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon at the Olympics women’s singles badminton competition, declaring that she is as clean as a sheet of paper and she is ready to write a new chapter in her career.
The 29-year-old was barely able to speak after her second group L loss and with tears rolling down her cheeks, she vowed defiantly to be at the Tokyo Olympics in four years’ time and show what she can do.
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“When I lost my first match, I wore yellow but today I wore white,” said Yip, who lost 2-1 to Estonia’s Kati Tolmoff in her first match. “Whether I wear yellow or white doesn’t decide if I win or lose, I just wanted to tell myself that I am like a new sheet of paper.
“It’s time to start anew. I will take in everything I learned, what the coaches tell me what I learn from other players and what I learn in life and I will start to draw new things.