New Taipei, Chinese Taipei – At the end of the 1st Asian University Badminton Championship, Team China was undoubtedly the biggest winner, making 6 visits to the podium. They collected a total of 2 golds(women’s and men’s doubles), 1 silvers(mixed doubles), and 3 bronzes(men’s doubles, mixed doubles and women’s singles) which helped them to finish as the top team of the tournament.
In the women’s doubles final, Peng Du/Bowen Ni(CHN) and Chiao-Yun Liu/Yu-Qiao Wang (TPE) fought a very hard battle in the first game but eventually the Chinese prevailed taking China's first gold medal of the day. "We were nervous in the first game, but after some communication with each other to calm the nerves, we are glad to win the match finally," Ni said.
Continuing with the success of their women's doubles, China’s men's doubles Haotian Wan/Haonan Xie defeated YoungSheng Lin/MingTse Yang(TPE) in a very close match 21-17 15-21 25-27.
Japan and Hong Kong China won one gold medal each.
The second seed of the men’s singles Takuma Obayashi(JPN) knocked out Junyan Ng(MAS) and expressed: "I am very happy to defeat the Youth Olympic runner-up Guipu Lin(CHN) in the semi-final. I feel the players at this tournament are of high standard and I get a lot of good exposure."
Tak Ching Chang/Sin Ying Yuen(HKG) made a comeback win victory against Jianqi Tao/Bowen Ni(CHN) in 19-21 21-19 21-16 to take the title of the mixed doubles: "We came to this very first Asian University Badminton Championship instead of the originally scheduled Super 1000 China Open, and we are very glad to have made that decision", Chang said.
The gold medal of the women’s singles went to Wen-Chi Hsu (TPE). Chinese Taipei also took home two silver medals in the women’s doubles and men’s doubles, and one bronze medal in men’s singles.
Although the 1st AUC Badminton has successfully ended, the 2nd edition is but 2 years away and will again be held in Chinese Taipei. The plan is also to include a team event in the competition. The success of this inaugural event will in no doubt attract more participation in 2021!
The 1st AUC Badminton 2019 Medalists:
Men’s Singles
Gold Medal: Takuma Obayashi(JPN)
Silver Medal: Junyan Ng(MAS)
Bronze Medal:Chun Yi Lin(TPE), Seunghun Woo(KOR)
Women’s Singles
Gold Medal: Wen Chi Hsu(TPE)
Silver Medal: Jooeun Kim(KOR)
Bronze Medal: Mayu Sogo(JPN), Jin Situ(CHN)
Men’s Doubles
Gold Medal: Haotian Wan/Haonan Xie(CHN)
Silver Medal: Young Sheng Lin/Ming Tse Yang(TPE)
Bronze Medal: Jianqi Tao/Songye Zhang(CHN), Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub/Juan Shen Low(MAS)
Women’s Doubles
Gold Medal: Peng Du/Bowen Ni(CHN)
Silver Medal: Chiao Yun Liu/Yu Qiao Wang(TPE)
Bronze Medal: Minjeong Park/Minji Park(KOR), Anna Ching Yik Cheong/Payee Peiy Yee Lim(MAS)
Mixed Doubles
Gold Medal: Tak Ching Chang/Sin Ying Yuen(HKG)
Silver Medal: Jianqi Tao/Bowen Ni(CHN)
Bronze Medal: Tien Ci Wong/Desiree Hao Shan Siow(MAS), Songye Zhang/Peng Du(CHN)
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(Source: AUSF Media Committee and Secretariat)