SHANGHAI: Malaysia's Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin Rumsani denied the hosts a clean sweep of all five titles at the China Open badminton on Sunday as they won the men's doubles crown in Changzhou.
The seventh seeds fought back to defeat fifth-seeded home pairing He Jiting and Ren Xiangyu 13-21, 21-12, 21-17 in a topsy-turvy final lasting just under an hour.
But apart from that it was all about the home team.
Third seed Wang Zhiyi defeated fast-rising Japanese teenager Tomoka Miyazaki 21-17, 21-15 to win the women's singles crown.
The unseeded Miyazaki, 18, was contesting her first final of a World Tour Super 1,000 event, one of the most prestigious in the badminton calendar.
There was more home joy in the men's singles title decider as Weng Hongyang triumphed, again over a Japanese opponent.
Hongyang, the world number 25, defeated sixth-ranked Kodai Naraoka 21-17, 21-12 in an upset.
China also won the mixed doubles and women's doubles titles.
The BWF World Tour next heads to Macau. - AFP