An Se-young keeps BWF Singapore Open title; Shi Yuqi tops men
An Se-young kept her BWF Singapore Open women’s singles title while Shi Yuqi emerged victorious from an All-China men’s final on Sunday.
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AN SE-YOUNG KEEPS SINGAPORE OPEN TITLE BY BEATING CHEN YUFEI
Se-young kept her Singapore Open women’s singles title by pulling off a 21-19, 16-21, 21-12 victory over China’s Chen Yufei in the final.
The South Korean world No.1, additionally, won her first title since recovering from a right knee injury.
“This is indeed a timely boost for my confidence before the Olympics,” Se-young said after the match.
Furthermore, the South Korean repeated her mastery over Yufei in a rematch of last year’s Asian Games final.
“There were a lot of question marks raised over my form when I went through those hard times,” she added.
SHI YUQI TOPS SINGAPORE OPEN MEN’S SINGLES AFTER BEATING LI SHIFENG
Shi topped the men’s singles division by beating Chinese teammate Li Shifeng, 17-21, 21-19, 21-19.
The world No.2 yielded the opening set before barely avoiding disaster and tying the match in the second set.
Furthermore, Shi emerged on top in a roller-coaster decider to take the fight out of Li in the end.
The win adds to Shi’s trophy collection with his fourth title.
The Chinese superstar topped the French Open, India Open, and Malaysia Open earlier.
CHINESE PAIRS SWEEP MEN’S, WOMEN’S, MIXED DOUBLES TITLES
Furthermore, Chinese pairs claimed a clean sweep of the men’s, women’s, and mixed doubles titles in dominating fashion.
He Ji Ting and Ren Xiang Yu beat Indonesia’s Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto, 21-19, 21-14, for the men’s doubles title.
Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan beat Matsuyama Nami and Shida Chiharu of Japan, 21-15, 21-12.
The duo thus claimed the women’s doubles title.
Finally, Zheng Si Wei and Huang Ya Qiong beat Yang Po-Hsuan and Hu Ling Fang, 21-11, 21-19, for the mixed doubles title.
