Badminton News: Chinese He Bingjiao Beats Wang Yihan to Win 2016 Swiss Open
Ritz Agranum | | Mar 21, 2016 01:03 PM EDT |
(Photo : gettyimages.com) He is currently ranked world No. 20 by the BWF.
China's teenage sensation He Bingjiao stunned compatriot and tournament's third-seed Wang Yihan in two straight sets 21-16, 21-10 to claim the women's singles title of the 2016 Badminton World Federation (BWF) Swiss Open held at St. Jakobshalle in Basel on Sunday.
The 2011 world champion and 2012 London Olympics silver medalist Wang, who ousted Indian badminton star Saina Nehwal in the semifinal round, failed to recapture her second Swiss Open, which she won on 2009.
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According to Inside the Game report, He, one of the rising badminton stars at the age of 18, was able to avenge her loss against the 28-year old current world No. 7 at the recently concluded All England Championships.
The championship match only lasted for just 35 minutes and is one of the youngster's biggest achievements of her career so far.
He is currently ranked by the BWF as the world No. 20. She has a record of 83 wins and 18 losses with a total of 43,801 points in nine tournaments.
Meanwhile, the Japanese ruled the women's doubles event. The tandem of world No. 12 and tourney's fifth-seed Shizuka Matsuo and Mami Naito overcame third-ranked rivals Naoko Fukuman and Kurumi Yonao (doubles world No.11) in three sets 21-16, 12-21, 21-12 in one hour and 42 minutes of action.
China's Wang Yilyu and Chen Qingchen won Thailand's Bodin Issara and Savitree Amitrapai in the mixed doubles 19-21, 21-16, 21-15.
In the men's doubles event, Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Ramussen of Denmark defeated Lee Sheng Mu and Tsai Chia Hsin of Chinese Taipei in two straight sets 21-8, 21-15 in a match that lasted for just 30 minutes only.
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