Yamaguchi Wins Her Third Singles Title

OSAKA: Two-time world champion Akane Yamaguchi from Japan overcame South Korea's An Se-Young in straight sets to win her third women's singles title at the Japan Open badminton tournament here on Sunday.

Yamaguchi, who defeated China's Olympic champion Chen Yufei to retain her world title last Sunday, breezed past a fatigued An Se-Young 21-9, 21-15 in just 38 minutes.

The men's singles crown was also won by a Japanese shuttler. Kenta Nishimoto scored the biggest victory of his career with an upset victory over fourth seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei 21-19, 23-21, 21-17.

China's lowly-ranked pair Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang, who started to play together four months ago, continued their giant-killing run by beating seventh seed Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen of Denmark 21-18, 13-21, 21-17 to win their first title of any kind.

Jeong Na-Eun/Kim Hye-Jeong beat Baek Ha-Na/Lee Yu-Lim 23-21, 28-26 in an all-South Korean women's doubles final.

The mixed doubles champion was won by Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Sapsiree Taerattanachai of Thailand, who ousted Japan's Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino 16-21, 23-21, 21-18. IANS

Also Read: Dhoni To Remain Chennai Super Kings Captain For IPL 2023

Also Watch: