China’s Feng Yanzhe (L) and Huang Dongping show their awards after defeating Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet from China’s Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative Region) within the combined doubles remaining on the BWF Japan Open in Tokyo, Japan, July 19, 2026. /VCG
China wrapped up the Japan Open with one title and one runner-up end after Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping claimed the combined doubles crown, whereas Jia Yifan and Zhang Shuxian narrowly missed out on the ladies’s doubles trophy on the BWF World Tour Super 750 occasion in Tokyo on Sunday.
The top-seeded Feng and Huang defeated Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet from China’s Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative Region) 21-14, 14-21, 21-15 in a gripping combined doubles remaining.
The mainland duo took management early to seize the opening sport, earlier than Tang and Tse responded with an an identical scoreline to drive a decider. With the match finely balanced, Feng and Huang picked up the tempo late within the third sport to tug clear, incomes China’s solely title at this occasion.
After their victory, Feng and Huang praised the opposing crew’s expertise and skill to adapt all through the match. They added that each pairs stayed absolutely centered within the deciding sport, whereas limiting their very own errors proved to be the important thing to gaining the higher hand.
China got here inside a degree of lifting a second trophy within the ladies’s doubles remaining. Jia and Zhang dominated Kim Hye-jeong and Kong Hee-yong 21-14 within the opening sport, however the duo from the Republic of Korea responded 21-15 to degree the competition. The deciding sport was a marathon thriller, with neither facet capable of break free earlier than Kim and Kong edged out a dramatic 30-29 end to seize the title.
In different motion, P.V. Sindhu swept previous Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi 21-17, 21-17 to develop into the primary Indian to win the ladies’s singles title at this occasion, whereas France’s Christo Popov beat Japan’s Koki Watanabe 21-11, 21-19 to clinch the lads’s singles crown.
Indonesia’s Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri accomplished the record of champions after placing away the ROK’s Kim Won-ho and Seo Seung-jae 21-19, 21-17 within the males’s doubles remaining.
Source: CGTN