RI teenager takes Brunei men's title

RI teenager takes Brunei men's title

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Reuters): Indonesian teenager Taufik Hidayat and China's Gong Ruina created big upsets when they won the men's and women's titles in the Brunei Open badminton tournament on Sunday.

Taufik, 17, came back from a one-game deficit to outclass top seed and world number three Dong Jiong of China 12-15, 15-3, 15- 9.

Dong, 24, a former All England champion, was knocked out of last week's Malaysian Open in the second round by unseeded Nunung Subandoro of Indonesia.

In Sunday's women's final, Gong easily beat compatriot Zhou Mi 11-7, 11-4.