It was a dream come true for Indonesian Taufik Hidayat in the World Badminton Championships in Anaheim on Sunday. He became the first-ever men’s singles player to hold both the Olympic and world titles at the same time.
And Taufik achieved it virtually on a platter. The much-anticipated explosive affair against world number one Lin Dan in the final turned out to be a flat one with Taufik romping to an easy 15-3, 15-7 win in just 36 minutes.
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