SHENZHEN, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) — World No.1 pair Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang of China escaped late scares to defeat India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in three units to say the lads’s doubles title on the 2023 BWF China Masters right here on Sunday.
Liang and Wang confirmed their willpower and mettle, changing on their seventh match level to win the ultimate set 21-19. Liang and Wang took the primary set 21-19 earlier than their Indian counterparts leveled by taking the second 21-18.
“We had made full preparations before the match because we knew our opponents were strong,” Liang stated.
The males’s doubles victory capped a exceptional day for the host nation, which additionally received the ladies’s singles and blended doubles.
China’s Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong solely wanted 31 minutes to ease previous Seo Seung-Jae and Chae Yu-jung of South Korea 21-10, 21-11 to win the blended doubles title, their sixth title of this season.
“It was a little surprise for me that we won over some strong pairs more easily than expected,” Zheng stated.
The girls’s singles title went to Chen Yufei, who beat fellow Chinese shuttler Han Yue within the last. Reigning Olympic champion Chen misplaced the primary sport 18-21, however got here again to stage by taking the second 21-4, earlier than her opponent retired on account of damage.
“When Han told me she sustained an injury in her leg, I was shocked at that time. I don’t want to see such a situation,” Chen stated.
“For me, I made some breakthroughs this season. I hope I could be better next year,” she added.
Japan’s Kodai Naraoka received the lads’s singles title after beating his compatriot Kenta Nishimoto 21-13, 21-13 within the last.
There was extra pleasure for Japan as Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota bested Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida 21-18, 21-11 within the all-Japanese girls’s doubles last.