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Indonesia's Asian Games bronze medallist Anthony Ginting showed why he is the next big name to emerge from the country when he landed his first major title with a stunning win over Japan's world champion Kento Momota in the men's singles final.
In a 63-minute final of top-class badminton played at the Olympic Sports Center Xincheng Gymnasium in Changzhou, Jiangsu the Indonesian kept his nerves in check to clinch a straight game 23-21, 21-19 win for his biggest pay cheque of USD70,000.
Ginting thus became the second Indonesian to win the China Open after Sony Dwi Kuncoro.
In the quarter-finals, the Indonesian ousted Rio Olympics champion Chen Long and world number one Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in the second round.
In a remarkable show of his badminton talent in the final, the Indonesian came back 12-16 down in the second game to leave the 23-year-old Momota – playing in his seventh final – dazed.
Momota pocketed USD34,000 for his efforts.
It was an all-China final in the mixed doubles with top seeds Zheng Siwei-Huang Yaqiong having no difficulty in snatching a 21-16, 21-9 win over compatriots and fifth seeds Zhang Nan-Li Yunhui in only 29 minutes.
The champions were USD74,000 richer while the losers went home with USD35,000.
In the "battle of the champions' Rio Olympics champions, Misaki Matsutomo-Ayaka Takahashi defeated reigning world champions Maya Matsumoto-Wakana Nagahara 21-16, 21-12 in an all-Japan final in the women's doubles.
The women's singles title was won by Spain's Carolina Marinwho beat local hope Chen Yufei 21-18, 21-13 while the men's doubles title went to Denmark's Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen.
The European champions downed China's former world junior champions Han Chengkai-Zhou Haodong 21-13, 17-21, 21-14.
RESULTS (ALL FINALS)
Men's singles
Anthony Ginting (INA) beat Kento Momota (JPN) 23-21, 21-19
Men's doubles
Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (DEN) beat Han Chengkai-Zhou Haodong (CHN) 21-13, 17-21, 21-14
Women's singles
Carolina Marin (SPN) beat Chen Yufei (CHN) 21-18, 21-13
Women's doubles
Misaki Matsutomo-Ayaka Takahashi (JPN) beat Maya Matsumoto-Wakana Nagahara (JPN) 21-16, 21-12
Mixed doubles
Zheng Siwei-Huang Yaqiong (CHN) beat Zhang Nan-Li Yunhui (CHN) 21-16, 21-19
