Nozomi Okuhara
In 2015, she won bronze medal in the 2015 Badminton Asia Championships. Her title victory at the 2015 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold stunned everybody, as she recorded a very disastrous win over Li Xuerui in just 29 minutes of play, conceding less than 20 points in the match. This victory showed she is still in race to contest the next year's Olympics as her recent past performances were not satisfactory. She finished quarterfinalist in the World Championships after a gruelling contest with Saina Nehwal. She then lost in Korean open final, as Sung Ji-hyun registered an upsetting victory over Wang Yihan. Coming into the Dubai world Superseries Finals, she trailblazed her way to the finals, in which she earlier defeated Ratchanok Intanon in semifinal which brought her h2h against Intanon reading 12–0. In the final though, she appeared out of sorts against Nozomi Okuhara in the decisive moments of the match, as her tireless opponent's long rallying style drained out Wang's physical strength and she lost in 2 tight games.