Rasmussen, Ye win world badminton singles titles<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Denmark's Peter Rasmussen won the men's singles
\ngold medal yesterday at the badminton World Championship, 16-17,
\n18-13, 15-10, after China's Sun Jun strained his left foot.<\/p>\n
In the all-Chinese women's singles finals, top-seeded Ye
\nZhaoying retained her title by beating second-seeded Gong Zhichao
\n12-11, 11-8.<\/p>\n
As Sun's forehand hit the net, Rasmussen raised his hands and
\nreceived a standing ovation from spectators after his two-hour-
\nand-three-minute battle.<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old Rasmussen, who defeated defending champion
\nHeriyanto Arbi of Indonesia in the semifinals, pulled out all
\nstops in vain against Sun in the first game, aired by RCTI,
\nlosing 16-17.<\/p>\n
In the second game, Sun, who defeated Olympic gold medalist
\nPoul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen 15-10, 9-15, 15-5 Saturday, led 12-6
\nbefore straining his foot and losing the game 13-18.<\/p>\n
With a bandaged left foot, the 22-year-old Sun took the lead
\n10-3 in the decider before his injury worsened, reducing his
\nmobility around the court. The 15th-seeded Rasmussen emerged
\nvictorious 15-10.<\/p>\n
Hoyer-Larsen and Heriyanto shared the bronzes.<\/p>\n
Ye, who beat compatriot Wang Chen in Saturday's semifinals,
\nkissed the court as Gong's return hit the net.<\/p>\n
She had to play hard to overcome Gong 12-11 in the first game
\nwith lobs, dropshots and smashes.<\/p>\n
Gong tired in the second game making Ye's job to conclude the
\nmatch 11-8 much easier.<\/p>\n
It was Ye's second big title this year after winning the All-
\nEngland championships women's singles title in March.<\/p>\n
In the All-Chinese women's doubles finals, Olympic gold
\nmedalists and All-England winners Ge Fei\/Gu Jun had no problem
\ndefeating fifth-seeded Tang Yongshu\/Qin Yiyuan.<\/p>\n
Top-seeded Ge\/Gu, who beat Qian Hong\/Liu Lu 15-3, 15-3 in the
\nsemifinals, led 9-0 before Tang\/Qin, who crashed Indonesia's
\nEliza\/Zelin Resiana Saturday, had a chance to serve. But the
\njuniors failed to use the chance and lost 1-15.<\/p>\n
In the second game, the two juniors gave Ge\/Gu a surprisingly
\nhard time. But the world number one pair were too strong for
\nTang\/Qin, winning 15-8.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's only hope Chandra Wijaya\/Sigit Budiarto, top-
\nseeded men's doubles in the championship, were due to play
\nsecond-seeded Cheah Soon Kit\/Yap Kim Hock of Malaysia late
\nyesterday.<\/p>\n
Chandra\/Sigit cruised to the finals after eliminating South
\nKorea's Lee Dong-soo\/Yoo Yong-sung 15-11, 15-11 in the semifinals
\nwhile the Olympic silver medalists Cheah\/Yap overcame Olympic
\ngold medalists Ricky Subagja\/Rexy Mainaky 15-9, 15-2, 15-12.<\/p>\n
Chinese mixed doubles Ge Fei\/Liu Yong, fourth-seeded in the
\nchampionship, won gold after beating third-seeded Jens
\nEriksen\/Marlene Thomsen of Denmark in a three tight games 15-5,
\n16-17, 15-4 Saturday.<\/p>\n
China won three titles and Denmark won one at the
\nchampionship.<\/p>\n
Last week, China also retained the Sudirman Cup world team
\nchampionships. (yan)<\/p>",
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