Published: 10:40, May 2, 2022 | Updated: 10:40, May 2, 2022
China bags 3 golds at Badminton Asia Championships
By Xinhua

Chen Qingchen (first left)/Jia Yifan (second left) and Du Yue (second right) /Li Wen of China react during the awarding ceremony for the women's doubles at the Badminton Asia Championships 2022 in Manila, the Philippines, May 1, 2022. (ROUELLE UMALI / XINHUA)

MANILA - China asserted its dominance in the Badminton Asia Championships 2022 here on Sunday, winning three gold, one silver and two bronze medals.

World No. 1 and reigning world champions Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan dominated the women's doubles, beating Japan's Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi 21-11, 21-15 in the final.

World No. 1 and reigning world champions Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan dominated the women's doubles, beating Japan's Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi 21-11, 21-15 in the final

In an all-Chinese mixed doubles final, world No. 2 and two-time world champions Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong showed their superiority over compatriots Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping with a 21-17, 21-8 win.

Rounding off China's gold run was world number 16 Wang Zhiyi, who fashioned a come-from-behind 15-21, 21-13, 21-19 win over world No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the women's singles final.

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China's two bronzes came from Weng Hongyang in the men's singles and Du Yue and Li Wenmei in the women's doubles.

Malaysia's world No. 7 Lee Zii Jia claimed his first-ever Asian title, fending off Indonesia's Jonatan Christie 21-17, 23-21 in the men's singles final.

Indonesian pair Pramudya Kusumawardana Riyanto and Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob stunned world No. 9 Soh Wooi Yik and Aaron Chia of Malaysia 23-21, 21-10 in the men's doubles final. 

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