Malaysia deny hosts clean sweep at China Open badminton

By AFP
September 23, 2024
Gold medalists Chinas Feng Yan Zhe (back, right) and Huang Dongping celebrate on the podium with silver medalists Malaysias Goh Soon Huat (back, left) and Lai Shevon Jemie during an award ceremony for the mixed doubles final match at the China Open Badminton tournament in Changzhou, in Chinas eastern Jiangsu Province on Sunday on Sept 22, 2024. — AFP
Gold medalists China's Feng Yan Zhe (back, right) and Huang Dongping celebrate on the podium with silver medalists Malaysia's Goh Soon Huat (back, left) and Lai Shevon Jemie during an award ceremony for the mixed doubles final match at the China Open Badminton tournament in Changzhou, in China's eastern Jiangsu Province on Sunday on Sept 22, 2024. — AFP

SHANGHAI: Malaysia´s Nur Izzuddin and Goh Sze Fei denied the hosts a clean sweep of all five titles at the China Open badminton on Sunday as they won the men´s doubles crown in Changzhou.

The seventh seeds fought back to defeat fifth-seeded home pairing He Jiting and Ren Xiangyu 13-21, 21-12, 21-17 in a topsy-turvy final lasting just under an hour. But apart from that it was all about the home team.

Third seed Wang Zhiyi defeated fast-rising Japanese teenager Tomoka Miyazaki 21-17, 21-15 to win the women´s singles crown. The unseeded Miyazaki, 18, was contesting her first final of a World Tour Super 1,000 event, one of the most prestigious in the badminton calendar.