Indonesian badminton star Christie and Japan's Yamaguchi win Hong Kong Open finals

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Jonatan Christie became the first Indonesian to win the Hong Kong Open men's singles title in 25 years after a fierce battle with Japan's Kenta Nishimoto, whose compatriot Akane Yamaguchi claimed the women's title.

But he managed to force a decider when he won the second game 22-20, with the final stretching out for 90 minutes to become the longest match of the tournament."The match wasn't easy at all, Kenta played well and never gave up but neither did I," Christie said.

The men's draw had been rocked by the surprise defeat of world number one Victor Axelsen of Denmark in the first round. "It's been a fruitful outing for me and I'm very happy that I won the tournament," world number two Yamaguchi said. The Hong Kong pair of Tang Chun-man and Tse Ying-suet generated some local excitement by blazing their way into the mixed doubles finals for the first time."We are disappointed because we badly wanted to be the first home mixed pair to win the Hong Kong Open," Tse said.Indonesia's Apriyani Rahayu and Siti Ramadhanti fought back to beat Malaysians Perly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan 14-21 24-22 21-9 to clinch the women's doubles title.

 

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