Fairy tale complete as Hong Kong mixed doubles pair pull off ‘well deserved’ victory
Tang Chun-man and Tse Ying-suet win their first superseries title in Odense after only a year together playing as a team
The fairy tale run of mixed doubles badminton pair Tang Chun-man and Tse Ying-suet had a perfect ending as the Hong Kong shuttlers clinched their first superseries title after beating the number one seed from China in the final of the Denmark Open on Sunday.
After pulling off a big surprise by beating the Rio Olympic champions from Indonesia in the semi-finals on Saturday, Tang and Tse, who paired up only last year, followed up with another stunning win, beating China’s Zheng Siwei and Chen Qingchen 24-22, 19-21, 23-21 in the final.
“It was such a great result as this is the first time we won a superseries title,” said Tse. “And we made it after overcoming many quality opponents. It’s a well deserved result.”
Watch: Tang Chun-man and Tse Ying-suet celebrate their win with coach Choong Tan Fook
It took almost an hour for the Hong Kong pair to secure victory as they battled in front of a small but vocal crowd of supporters.
The Denmark Open offered the second highest total prize money of US$750,000 on the world tour, behind the US$1 million Indonesia Open, which was held in June.
