Badminton: Disgraced pair wins China Open
The second-seeded pair defeated number six seeds Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna 21-19, 14-7.
SHANGHAI:
Chinese women’s doubles team Yu Yang and Wang Xiaoli won the China Open in their first tournament together since being booted out of the Olympics in a playing-to-lose scandal that rocked the London Games. The second-seeded pair defeated number six seeds Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna 21-19, 14-7 after the Japanese duo retired from the match. In women’s singles, Chinese Olympic champion Li Xuerui beat Ratchanok Inthanon of Thailand 21-12, 21-9, while in the all Chinese men’s singles final top-seed Chen Long edged compatriot Wang Zhengming 21-19, 21-18.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 19th, 2012.
Chinese women’s doubles team Yu Yang and Wang Xiaoli won the China Open in their first tournament together since being booted out of the Olympics in a playing-to-lose scandal that rocked the London Games. The second-seeded pair defeated number six seeds Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna 21-19, 14-7 after the Japanese duo retired from the match. In women’s singles, Chinese Olympic champion Li Xuerui beat Ratchanok Inthanon of Thailand 21-12, 21-9, while in the all Chinese men’s singles final top-seed Chen Long edged compatriot Wang Zhengming 21-19, 21-18.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 19th, 2012.