KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 23 — World No. 1 Datuk Lee Chong Wei won the men’s singles title at the Macau Open when he beat compatriot, veteran shuttler Wong Choong Hann in the final of the championship Sunday.
In the first set, Chong Wei won 21-15 before Choon Hann put up a stronger fight, but Chong Wei denied him victory by scoring 21-19 in a match that took 36 minutes.
With this victory, Chong Wei redeemed his loss to Athens Olympics 2004 champion Taufik Hidayat in last year’s Macau Open final.
Meanwhile, Malaysia’s No. 1 pair Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong won the men’s doubles title when they defeated fellow Malaysians Choong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah with scores of 21-14, 17-21, 21-12 in 34 minutes.
The women’s doubles title went to China’s Du Jing-Yu Yang who beat another Chinese pair of Yang Wei-Zhang Jiewen 21-16, 21-11 in a match that took only 23 minutes.
China took the mixed doubles title when their pair He Hanbin-Yu Yang beat the Indonesian pair of Hendra Aprida Gunawan-Vita Marissa in 21-14, 21-9.
The women’s singles title also went to China Wang Yihan who beat compatriot Jiang Yanjioa in scores of 16-21, 22-20, 21-12 in 59 minutes.
