Jonatan Christie of Indonesia competes within the Men’s Singles Final match in opposition to Li Shifeng of China throughout day six of the 2024 BAC Badminton Asia Championships at Ningbo Olympic Sports Centre on April 14, 2024 in Ningbo, China.
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Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie cliched the Badminton Asia Championships crown on Sunday, seeing off Li Shi Feng in two units in China.
Christie defeated house favorite Li 21-15, 21-16 within the match finale within the Chinese metropolis of Ningbo.
Earlier China’s Wang Zhi Yi swatted apart compatriot Chen Yu Fei 21-19, 21-7 to say the ladies’s singles title.
Wang’s victory got here after world primary, South Korean An Se-young, was dumped out within the quarter-finals on Friday by China’s He Bingjiao.
An, the highest seed in Ningbo, will nonetheless be favorite to win gold at this summer season’s Paris Olympics however she has been scuffling with a knee damage.
The males’s doubles title was claimed on Sunday by Chinese pair Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang, who dispatched Malaysian duo Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin 21-17, 15-21, 21-10.
South Korean companions Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee took the ladies’s doubles title by beating China’s Zhang Shu Xian and Zheng Yu 23-21, 21-12.
The prestigious annual match was the ultimate likelihood for Asian gamers to seal a spot on the Olympics.
