Changzhou: In the absence of world No. 1 Chen Long and world No. 3 Lin Dan, the 2008 world junior champion Wang Zhengming survived a tougher than expected fight from his compatriot Huang Yuxiang on Sunday to finally win his first title in two years. The 25-year-old defeated Huang 22-20, 21-19 in 47 minutes to win back the China Masters men’s singles title that he won in 2013.
In the women’s singles final, He Bingjiao was dominating the whole match over compatriot Hui Xirui from start to finish, He Bingjiao lifted the women’s title after she trounced Hui Xirui 21-13, 21-9 in just 29 minutes.
Indonesia’s Edi Subaktiar-Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja failed to prevent the host country China from making a clean sweep off all five titles after they went down to top seeds Liu Cheng/Bao Yixin in a 3-set thriller, losing 21-18, 15-21, 24-26 in a 80 minutes.
Meanwhile, in the all Chinese women’s doubles and men’s doubles finals, Tang Jinhua/Zhong Qianxin defeated Bao Yixin/Tang Yuanting 21-14, 11-21, 21-17 to win the women’s doubles title, while Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen got the better of Wang Yilv/Zhang Wen with 21-15, 19-21, 21-12 to take home the men’s doubles crown.
