Lin made to fight for Asian title
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FIVE-TIME world champion Lin Dan earned a hard-fought men’s singles title at the Asia Championships in South Korea yesterday.
The Chinese great outlasted Sho Sasaki of Japan 14-21, 21-9, 21-15 in the seesaw final that took 66 minutes in Gimcheon, 230 kilometers southeast of Seoul.
It was Lin’s third Asian title and his second win of 2014 in as many appearances. He won the China Masters earlier this month in his season debut that ended an extended layoff.
Lin, a former world No. 1, saw his world ranking fall outside the top 100 before bouncing back to 83rd following the win on home soil. He had not dropped a set en route to the final in South Korea before Sasaki, world No. 23, pushed him early.
But the Japanese ended up losing for the 10th time in 11 meetings against the Chinese.
Lin’s compatriots also reached the top of the podium in the women’s doubles, as the unseeded Luo Ying and Lou Yu defeated the second-seeded duo from South Korea, Kim Ha-na and Jung Kyung-eun, 21-18, 21-18.
The host nation also picked up two titles yesterday. In the women’s singles, Sung Ji-hyun toppled the No.1 seed Wang Shixian of China, 21-19, 21-15. In the men’s doubles, Shin Baek-Cheol and Yoo Yeon-seong edged out Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen of China 22-20, 21-17.
World No. 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia withdrew at the last moment.
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