MULHEIM AN DER RUHR, Germany, March 12 (Xinhua) — Chinese shuttlers Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping overwhelmed Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun of South Korea 21-4, 21-15 to assert the blended doubles title right here on Sunday on the 2023 BWF German Open.
Despite having been paired collectively for lower than one 12 months, Olympic champion Huang and former junior world champion Feng delivered a secure efficiency to take their third title this season.
“We are feeling really great to win our third title. It’s always interesting to discover problems and overcome difficulties during a game. It’s a good thing to know how to improve ourselves,” mentioned Huang.
Discussing the upcoming World Championships and Olympic {qualifications}, the Chinese pair advised Xinhua that they hadn’t thought that far forward.
“The World Championships will be in August and there are many tournaments before that. We want to play well in every tournament,” mentioned Huang.
“It’s normal for every player to experience ups and downs. I demand a lot of myself and I’m always hungry for victories,” the 27-year-old added.
In the lads’s singles last, Angus Ng Ka Long from Hong Kong, China edged China’s Li Shifeng 20-22, 21-18, 21-18 to assert his first title in three years.
Li praised Ng for his superior mentality and high quality, particularly in the course of the second and the third video games.
“I was a bit rushed at some key points and sometimes I didn’t have enough patience. I had chances to seal the game but the result was not satisfying,” mentioned the 23-year-old.
Top-seeded Akane Yamaguchi of Japan defeated second seed An Se-young of South Korea 21-11, 21-14 to assert the ladies’s singles title.
In an all-South Korean males’s doubles last, Choi Sol-gyu and Kim Won-ho edged Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae 21-19, 18-21, 21-19.
In the ladies’s doubles last, top-seeded duo Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida of Japan misplaced to eighth seed Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee of South Korea 21-19, 21-15.