Wang Yihan clinches Chinese Taipei Women’s Singles title
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Sports Desk :
China’s Wang Yihan shrugged off a long spell of poor form with a title victory in Women’s Singles at the Yonex Open Chinese Taipei 2015 that concluded on Monday.
China claimed three titles overall, with Wang’s compatriots Chen Long (Men’s Singles) and Fu Haifeng/Zhang Nan (Men’s Doubles) finishing atop the podium. Indonesia’s Greysia Polii/Nitya Krishinda Maheswari (Women’s Doubles) and Korea’s Ko Sung Hyun/Kim Ha Na (Mixed Doubles) won the other two titles. Wang (6) was the unexpected star of the tournament. The World No.8 has gone nine months without a title; her last being the Asian Games gold medal in September 2014.
Her first big test last week was in the quarter-finals against compatriot Wang Shixian; the No.6 seed recovered from the loss of the opening game to put it across her feisty opponent: 10-21 21-10 21-17. She then continued her unbeaten run against the in-form Ratchanok Intanon, shutting her out in straight games (22-20 21-18) to record her tenth victory in ten matches over her Thai opponent. Her opponent in the final was longtime rival Li Xuerui, who had surged through the draw with straight games wins in all her matches. Li’s victims included Nozomi Okuhara (Japan) in the quarter-finals and home hope Tai Tzu Ying in the semi-finals. In the final, however, Li was outclassed by Wang Yihan 21-10 21-9. Chen Long’s impressive season continued as he claimed the Men’s Singles title over home star Chou Tien Chen, 15-21 21-9 21-6.
China’s Wang Yihan shrugged off a long spell of poor form with a title victory in Women’s Singles at the Yonex Open Chinese Taipei 2015 that concluded on Monday.
China claimed three titles overall, with Wang’s compatriots Chen Long (Men’s Singles) and Fu Haifeng/Zhang Nan (Men’s Doubles) finishing atop the podium. Indonesia’s Greysia Polii/Nitya Krishinda Maheswari (Women’s Doubles) and Korea’s Ko Sung Hyun/Kim Ha Na (Mixed Doubles) won the other two titles. Wang (6) was the unexpected star of the tournament. The World No.8 has gone nine months without a title; her last being the Asian Games gold medal in September 2014.
Her first big test last week was in the quarter-finals against compatriot Wang Shixian; the No.6 seed recovered from the loss of the opening game to put it across her feisty opponent: 10-21 21-10 21-17. She then continued her unbeaten run against the in-form Ratchanok Intanon, shutting her out in straight games (22-20 21-18) to record her tenth victory in ten matches over her Thai opponent. Her opponent in the final was longtime rival Li Xuerui, who had surged through the draw with straight games wins in all her matches. Li’s victims included Nozomi Okuhara (Japan) in the quarter-finals and home hope Tai Tzu Ying in the semi-finals. In the final, however, Li was outclassed by Wang Yihan 21-10 21-9. Chen Long’s impressive season continued as he claimed the Men’s Singles title over home star Chou Tien Chen, 15-21 21-9 21-6.
