Chinese duos complete clean sweep of doubles titles at Australian Badminton Open-Xinhua

Chinese duos complete clean sweep of doubles titles at Australian Badminton Open

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Editor: huaxia

2026-06-14 21:21:15

Jia Yifan (L) and Zhang Shuxian in action during the women's doubles final against Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma and Meilysa Trias Puspitasari at the 2026 Australian Badminton Open in Sydney, June 14, 2026. (Xinhua/Gong Bing)

SYDNEY, June 14 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese pairs of Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping, Jia Yifan and Zhang Shuxian, and Chen Boyang and Liu Yi won their respective finals in Sydney on Sunday to claim the mixed, women's and men's doubles titles at the Australian Badminton Open.

Feng and Huang, the world No.1 duo, defeated compatriots and second seeds Guo Xinwa and Chen Fanghui 21-17, 21-19 in 52 minutes to win their second title of 2026 following success at the Malaysia Open in January.

Tied at 9-9 in the first game, Feng and Huang won nine of the next 13 points to take control of the game.

In a tightly contested second game, scores were level at 18-18 before Feng and Huang won two consecutive critical points to set up championship points, the second of which was converted.

Chen Boyang (R) and Liu Yi in action during the men's doubles final against Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani at the 2026 Australian Badminton Open 2026. (Xinhua/Gong Bing)

Jia and Zhang rallied back from trailing 6-12 in the first game to beat Indonesia's Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma and Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari 24-22, 21-13 in 59 minutes.

The Chinese pair again fell behind 0-4 in the second game, but raced away after drawing level at 7-7 to win the title.

In the final match of the tournament at Sydney's State Sports Center, men's doubles fourth seeds Chen and Liu triumphed 21-15, 21-19 over Indonesian third seeds Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani.

Rising Chinese star Dong Tianyao was beaten by Indonesian third seed Alwi Farhan to finish runner-up in the men's singles, while Japan's world No. 3 Akane Yamaguchi won the women's singles title.  

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