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Five-times world champion and double Olympic gold medallist Lin Dan earned a hard-fought title in the men's singles at the Asia Championships in South Korea on Sunday.
The Chinese great outlasted Sho Sasaki of Japan 14-21, 21-9, 21-15 in a see-saw final that took 66 minutes in Gimcheon, 230 kilometres southeast of Seoul.
It was Lin's third Asian title and his second win this year in as many appearances.
He won the China Masters earlier this month in his season debut that ended an extended lay-off.
There were also celebrations in the Hong Kong camp after Lee Chun-hei and Chau Hoi-wah won the mixed doubles title.
The Hong Kong pair prevailed over South Korea's Shin Baek-cheol and Jang Ye-na, 13-21, 21-15, 21-15.
Lin, a former world number one, saw his world ranking fall outside the top 100 before bouncing back to 83rd following the win on home soil.
Lin had not dropped a set en route to the final in South Korea before Sasaki, world number 23, pushed him early.
But the Japanese ended up losing for the 10th time in 11 meetings against the Chinese.
The Asia Championships were missing the world number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, who withdrew at the last moment.
Lin's compatriots also reached the top of the podium in the women's doubles.
The unseeded Luo Ying and Lou Yu defeated the second-seeded duo from South Korea, Kim Ha-Na and Jung Kyung-Eun, 21-18, 21-18.
In the women's singles, South Korea's Sung Ji-hyun toppled the number one seed Wang Shixian of China, 21-19, 21-15.


Lin Dan wins singles title at Asia Championships

China's Lin Dan won the China Masters earlier this month before adding his latest title in Seoul. Photo: AFP

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