Nozomi Okuhara
At the World Championships, she was seeded fifth. She opened her campaign with a straight sets victories over Pai Yu-po &amp; Zhang Beiwen in successive rounds. She impressed everyone with her victory over Tai Tzu-ying. She defeated Tai, coming from a game down 12–21, 23–21, 21–19 to make the semi-final. In the semi-final, she defeated Chen Yufei in straight sets to enter her third consecutive World Championships final. In the final against Nozomi Okuhara, she won 21–7, 21–7. In the process, she became the first Indian to win gold at the championships.