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Surprise Taipei Open win for Wei Chong-Kai Wun 

National men’s doubles pair create major upset, defeat 2020 Olympics champions Lee Yang-Wang Chi Lin

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 24 Jul 2022 7:48PM

Surprise Taipei Open win for Wei Chong-Kai Wun 
National men’s doubles pair Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun create a major upset today by beating 2020 Tokyo Olympics champions Lee Yang-Wang Chi Lin to win the Taipei Open today. – Badminton Photo pic, July 24, 2022

KUALA LUMPUR – National men’s doubles pair Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun created a major upset today by beating 2020 Tokyo Olympics champions Lee Yang-Wang Chi Lin to win the Taipei Open today.

The 36th world ranked pair displayed excellent fighting spirit as they played a great game to down the host pair 21-18 in the first set.

Lee-Chi Lin, the world number four pair and top seeds of the tournament, however, rebounded by beating the national pair 11-21 in the second set.

Undaunted, sixth seeds Wei Chong-Kai Wun improved their game in the decider and won 21-18 after 54 minutes of play.

This win is the second title for Wei Chong-Kai Wun this year after winning the India International Championship in January by beating Krishna Prasad Garaga-Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala 21-18, 21-15. – Bernama, July 24, 2022

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