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BWF World Championships: Japan's Akane Yamaguchi retained her badminton women's world title in front of her home crowd in Tokyo,, beating China's Chen Yufei ...

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With both of the pairs being top class, it was expected to be a close affair in the title-decider. The top seeds won the first game 22-20, and came up with an even better show to win it 21-14. In the game, which mattered most, the Japanese, after losing the second game, took it to the next level when it mattered most in the final game to be crowned champions. In the women’s doubles final, it was the pair of Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan who emerged victorious. The first game was a smooth sailing with the Dane looking in top notch form to take it 21-5. All eyes were on the Dane in the men’s singles.

Badminton World Championships: Akane Yamaguchi retains badminton women's world title in front of her home crowd in Tokyo beat China's Chen Yufei.

The 25-year-old Yamaguchi cruised through to the final without dropping a game this week in Tokyo. Follow BWF World Championships final live updates with Badminton World Championships: Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi retains badminton women’s world title

TOKYO, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Top seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan defeated Olympic champion Chen Yufei to retain the women's singles title at the World Badminton ...

"But I lost the match largely because she did better than me in those details." The 24-year-old complained that "the strong downwind" affected her performance in the first and third sets, adding that the hopes of bringing China its first title after 11 years gave her a lot of pressure. Chen, seeking to become the first player from China to win the women's singles title in 11 years, was overpowered in the third set, running out of energy after falling 8-1 behind.

The 25-year-old, who's ranked No. 1 in the world, scored seven straight points in the third game to take the momentum back from China's Yufei Chen.

This year we got the gold medal in Tokyo so I think Tokyo is lucky for us,” added Chia. “I’m really happy about how I managed to control and deal with everything in there,” Axelsen said. “I have no words to describe what we are feeling,” Chia said. “I gave it everything I had and enjoyed being out there in front of the home crowd.” But I managed to perform under this pressure, and I am really proud of myself.” With the win, Axelsen became both the world and Olympic champion.

TOKYO, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Top seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan defeated Olympic champion Chen Yufei to retain the women's singles title at the World Badminton ...

"But I lost the match largely because she did better than me in those details." The 24-year-old complained that "the strong downwind" affected her performance in the first and third sets, adding that the hopes of bringing China its first title after 11 years gave her a lot of pressure. Chen, seeking to become the first player from China to win the women's singles title in 11 years, was overpowered in the third set, running out of energy after falling 8-1 behind.