Hyun-il cruises to German Open title

DUISBURG (Germany): South Korea’s Lee Hyun-il (pic) bagged his third title of the year when he outclassed youngster Lin Dan of China 15-4, 15-4 in the men’s singles final of the German Open badminton championships at the Rhein-Ruhr Hall here yesterday. 

Earlier in the semi-finals on Saturday, Hyun-II, the winner of the Swiss Open in March and last month’s Dutch Open, prevented an all-Chinese final when he defeated Bao Chunlai 15-10, 15-5. 

Lin Dan, who took the Danish Open title last week, beat defending champion Niels Christian Kaldau of Denmark 15-9, 17-14 in the other semi-final. 

Reigning world champion Zhang Ning of China claimed the women’s singles title after beating veteran Camilla Martin of Denmark 11-7, 11-3 in the final. 

RESULTS 

SEMI-FINALS

 

Men’s singles: Lin Dan (Chn) bt Niels Christian Kaldau (Den) 15-9, 17-14; Lee Hyun-il (Kor) bt Bao Chunlai (Chn) 15-10, 15-5. 

Men’s doubles: Flandi Limpele-Eng Hian (Ina) bt Kim Dong-moon-Ha Tae-kwon (Kor) 15-8, 15-10; Fu Haifeng-Cai Yun (Chn) bt Michael Lamp-Mathias Boe (Den) 15-6, 15-3. 

Women’s singles: Zhang Ning (Chn) bt Pi Hongyan (Fra) 11-3, 11-7; Camilla Martin (Den) bt Gong Ruina (Chn) 11-5, 11-7. 

Women’s doubles: Ra Kyung-min-Lee Kyung-won (Kor) bt Zhang Dan-Zhang Jiewen (Chn) 15-5, 15-10; Yang Wei-Zhang Jiewen (Chn) bt Hwang Yu-mi-Lee Hyo-jung (Kor) 15-8, 15-6. 

Mixed doubles: Zhang Jun-Gao Ling (Chn) bt Sudket Prakamol-Saralee Thungthongkam (Tha) 15-3, 15-6; Kim Dong-moon-Ra Kyung-min (Kor) bt Jens Eriksen-Mette Scholdager (Den) 15-10, 15-2. 

FINAL

 

Men’s singles: Lee Hyun-II (Kor) bt Lin Dan (Den) 15-4, 15-4. 

Women’s singles: Zhang Ning (Chn) bt Camilla Martin (Den) 11-7, 11-3. 

Women’s doubles: Ra Kyung-min-Lee Kyung-won (Kor) bt Yang Wei-Zhang Jiewen (Chn) 15-6, 15-17, 15-8.