Indonesia in historic flop on home turf
China Daily | Updated: 2007-05-14 07:06
JAKARTA: Indonesia's vaunted badminton players failed to win a title for the first time in the Indonesia Open's 25-year history as the tournament concluded yesterday.
Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei thrashed Bao Chunlai of China 21-15, 21-16 to win the men's singles while Hong Kong's Wang Chen won the women's title.
China won all three pairs events, with Zheng Bo and Gao Ling downing top seeds Nova Widianto and Liliyana Natsir, Indonesia's only finalists, in the mixed doubles.
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