PETALING JAYA: The Indonesian men’s singles shuttlers stamped their class in the first two tournaments offering qualification points for next year’s Tokyo Olympic Games. The Chinese finalists are Chen Yufei (women’s singles), Chen Qingchen-Jia Yifan (women’s doubles) and Wang Yilyu-Huang Dongping (mixed doubles). Women’s singles: Nozomi Okuhara (Jpn) bt Ratchanok Intanon (Tha) 21-17, 21-15; Chen Yufei (Chn) bt Nitchaon Jindapol (Tha) 21-10, 23-25, 21-6. Women’s doubles: Chen Qingchen-Jia Yifan (Chn) bt Greysia Polii-Apriyani Rahayu (Ina) 21-13, 14-21, 21-18; Yuki Fukushima-Sayaka Hirota (Jpn) bt Misaki Matsutomo-Ayaka Takahashi (Jpn) 15-21, 21-15, 23-21. Mixed doubles: Wang Yilyu-Huang Dongping (Chn) bt Tang Chun Man-Tse Ying Suet (Hkg) 21-13, 21-10; Praveen Jordan-Melati Daeva Oktavianti (Ina) bt Yuta Watanabe-Arisa Higashino (Jpn) 21-13, 12-21, 21-17.

Source: The Star June 09, 2019 01:30 UTC