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Lee stuns Chen to claim Hong Kong Open crown
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Former world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei clinched the Hong Kong Open yesterday by defeating Olympic champion Chen Long 21-14, 21-19, defying expectations that the all-time great may be reaching his end.
China鈥檚 Chen, who beat world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen of Denmark to win the China Open for a fourth time last week, was stunned by 35-year-old Malaysian, whose world ranking has fallen as he approaches the latter stages of his career.
Lee鈥檚 triumph came at a time when his old nemesis Lin Dan of China suffered defeats in the China Open and the quarterfinals in China鈥檚 Hong Kong earlier this week.
In the women鈥檚 singles, world No. 1 Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei outslugged India鈥檚 Pusarla V Sindhu 21-18, 21-18 as the young top seeds slugged it out in a 45-minute battle. Olympic silver medalist Sindhu, 22, also lost out to the 23-year-old Tai in last year鈥檚 Hong Kong Open.
China鈥檚 Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong took just 35 minutes to seal a 21-15, 21-13 victory over Danish shuttlers Mathias Christiansen and Christinna Pedersen in the mixed doubles final.
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo of Indonesia beat Mads Conrad-Petersen and Mads Pieler Kolding of Denmark 21-12, 21-18 in the men鈥檚 doubles final.
Top seeded Chinese women鈥檚 duo Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan rallied to beat Indonesia鈥檚 Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu 14-21, 21-16, 21-15 in their 1-hour, 10-minute final.
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