Taiwan shuttlers sweep all five titles in Sydney finals
A week after upsetting former world No. 1 Carolina Marin in the semi-finals at the Yonex Canada Open and achieving a career-best second place in a BWF Super Series event, world No. 58 Sung did not surrender a single game in the tournament until losing the first game in the final against compatriot Chen Su-yu.
Undeterred by her 17-21 loss, Sung outplayed Chen to win the last two games 21-16, 21-14 in 58 minutes.
The win was huge for Sung as it put an end to a nearly three-year title drought after she won her first women’s singles international title at the FZ Forza Norwegian International in 2019.
After a short break, Sung and partner Yu Chien-hui beat Taiwanese duo Chang Ching-hui and Yang Ching-tun to take the women’s doubles title 21-16, 21-11.
In the men’s singles final, Lin Chun-yi beat Singapore’s Jia Wei Joel Koh 21-11, 12-21, 21-10.
It was Lin’s third consecutive title, after winning the Monnis Mongolia International Challenge and Yonex Belgian International. He is on a 16-match winning streak.
Brothers Lee Fang-jen and Lee Fang-chih took the men’s doubles title, while Chen Xin-yuan and Yang Ching-tun won the mixed doubles. Read More…
