China Claim Men's Doubles Title at Badminton China GPChina's world number four pair Zhang Jun and Zhang Wei took their first title this season after outgunning compatriots Liu Yong and Chen Qiqiu in straight sets to win the men's doubles title at the 225,000 US dollars Youngor Super Badminton China Grand Prix Sunday in Ningbo.It's a final between China's top two pairs when Zhang Jun and Zhang Wei smashed their teammates Liu and Chen 7-1, 4-7, 8-6, 4-7 and 7-5. The Chinese dominated the final of the men's doubles, the weakest event of the Chinese badminton in the recent decade, for the first time in an international event this season. It took three years for the Chinese men's double players to be ranked top two after they did it in 1998 Swiss Open. "We know each other very well, so the match turned out to be a tough one, " said 24-yeal-old Zhang Wei. "Zhang Wei made lot of chances for me in front of the net, I should thank him for winning the title," Zhang Jun added. Asked for their comments on the new seven points system, Zhang Wei said: "The new system was a little more favorable for us, leaving more chances for our powerful attacking." "Our opponents were lucky at big point in the match, " Chinese team captain Liu Yong said of their loss. Zhang Jun and Zhang Wei, paired together three years ago, got a flying start when they finished the first game at 7-1 with ease. Then the match went into a see-saw one and the two pairs shared the top four games. In the deciding game, Zhang Jun and Zhang Wei led all the way to win the game at 7-5 and the match. It's third title for hosts China in the tournament. Earlier on Sunday, newly-paired Liu Yong and Chen Ling and Zhang Jiewen and Wei Yili won the mixed doubles and women's doubles events. |
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