Son Wan-ho has nabbed his first title of the year at the Hong Kong Badminton Open.
The South Korean stunned China’s world champion, Chen Long 21-19, 21-16 in the final, in 57 minutes.
In women’s singles, sixth seed Tai Tzu-ying of Taiwan defeated her Japanese opponent, Nozomi Okuhara 21-19, 21-11.
This is the third Superseries win in the 20-year-old’s career following a win at the 2012 Japan Open and the 2013 Malaysia Open.
Meanwhile, in men’s doubles, Indonesian second seeds Mohd Ahsan-Hendra Setiawan edged China’s Liu Xiaolong-Qiu Zihan 21-16, 17-21, 21-15..
China’s Zhao Yunlei was the biggest winner of the day, bagging the women’s doubles title with Tian Qing and the mixed doubles crown with Zhang Na
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