An Seyoung and Jason Gunawan dominated supreme on the 2026 BWF China Masters on Sunday (6 September).
Olympic champion An clinched her seventh girls’s singles title of the season, doing so with out dropping a sport in Shenzhen, Individuals’s Republic of China. She breezed previous former junior world champion Miyazaki Tomoka 21-17, 21-6 in 45 minutes.
“I’m so happy with myself. I’m actually happy with the outcome and I really feel so completely happy,” the Paris 2024 badminton gold medallist mentioned by way of the BWF. “There are a lot of gamers arising and difficult. I don’t suppose any match could be taken calmly.
“Tomoka put me underneath quite a lot of stress, which left me a bit flustered. However I attempted to calmly preserve my tempo and to not rush.”
The Republic of Korea star is in wonderful type heading into the Asian Video games, which happen in Japan from 19 September to 4 October. Simply final month, she secured her second world title in New Delhi and would be the overwhelming favorite in Ichinomiya.
An has been victorious in seven of the eight finals she has performed on this season. She has additionally now received the China Masters for the third 12 months in a row.
The lads’s singles finalists share a lot in frequent. Gunawan and Lee Cheuk Yiu are each from Hong Kong, China, have been each unseeded in Shenzhen and are additionally coaching teammates.
Equally to An, Gunawan claimed a straight-game victory, profitable 21-9, 21-16 within the showpiece occasion.
“It’s incredible – I believe it’s the primary time we will take a look at ourselves towards one another in a title match,” mentioned the world No. 32, who received his second BWF title in his maiden Tremendous 750 last.
“We all know one another very nicely. We practice quite a bit collectively. It’s an ideal confidence increase for us and our group. Hopefully, we will present our teammates and the youthful gamers we will struggle towards the stronger groups and provides them extra confidence for the longer term.”
