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Badminton News: China’s He Bingjiao Wins the 2016 BWF French Open Title

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(Photo : gettyimages.com) He Bingjiao wins the 2016 BWF French Open.

China's He Bingjiao completed her spectacular campaign at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Yonex French Open 2016 with a remarkable two-straight sets triumph over Beiwen Zhang of the United States to claim the event's title on Sunday in Paris, France.

Based on the event's results in the official website of the BWF, the 19-year-old Chinese shuttler scored an outstanding 21-9, 21-9 win against the 26-year-old American badminton ace, who currently ranks No. 19 in the world.

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He needed just 33 minutes to seal the victory at the Stade Pierre De Courbertin and secured her third title of the year.

This year, the Chinese youngster won the Swiss Open in Basel in March and emerged as the champion in Tokyo in the Yonex Japan Open last month.

With the victory, He also bagged the sixth title of her career adding it to the Indonesian Masters and China Masters that she both won in 2015 and the maiden title that she claimed in the 2013 Vietnam Open.

It will also mean better ranking points gained after finishing the competition as the event's winner. He is currently ranked as the 19th top player in the world by the sport's governing body, the BWF.

He presently has 53,581 ranking points, just 4,218 points behind the reigning Olympic Games silver medalist PV Sindhu of India for the 10th spot in the latest world ranking result. Sindhu has garnered a total of 58,069 ranking points in the 19 tournaments that she took part this year.

Meanwhile, in the men's singles finals, the 20-year-old Chinese badminton ace Shi Yuqi successfully prevailed over South Korea's Lee Hyun Il to win the tournament's crown. The world No. 19 Shi netted straight sets 21-16, 21-19 win against the 17th-ranked South Korean in a finals match that lasted for 45 minutes.

The Paris-based World Super Series event was the first title that Shi had won this year.

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