Champion Shi Yuqi (R) of China and runner-up Lee Cheuk Yiu of China’s Hong Kong pose for images through the awarding ceremony for the boys’s singles occasion on the India Open 2024 badminton event in New Delhi, India, Jan. 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

NEW DELHI, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) — China’s Shi Yuqi and Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei claimed males’s and girls’s titles respectively at badminton’s India Open right here on Sunday.

Sixth-seeded Shi, who faltered eventually week’s Malaysia Open remaining, topped the rostrum with a tricky 23-21, 21-17 victory over unseeded Lee Cheuk-yiu of Hong Kong, China.

“Since the second half of last year, I have been going through a difficult time. I am eager to win every championship and give my all in every game. I’m really happy that I made it today,” mentioned Shi after the ultimate.

In the ladies’s singles, fourth seed Tai eased previous China’s Olympic champion Chen Yufei 21-16, 21-12 in simply 42 minutes, successful her first India Open gold medal.

The blended doubles title was clinched by Thailand’s Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai, who outplayed China’s Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin 21-16, 21-16.

Elsewhere, fellow Chinese pair Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Yu went right down to Japan’s Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara 21-12, 21-13 within the ladies’s doubles remaining.

South Korean shuttlers additionally grabbed one gold as world champions Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae fought from one set right down to beat residence favorites Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty 15-21, 21-11, 21-18 within the males’s doubles. ■

Shi Yuqi of China competes through the males’s singles remaining match in opposition to Lee Cheuk Yiu of China’s Hong Kong on the India Open 2024 badminton event in New Delhi, India, Jan. 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

Champion Shi Yuqi of China pose for images through the awarding ceremony for the boys’s singles occasion on the India Open 2024 badminton event in New Delhi, India, Jan. 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

Runner-up Lee Cheuk Yiu of China’s Hong Kong poses for images through the awarding ceremony for the boys’s singles occasion on the India Open 2024 badminton event in New Delhi, India, Jan. 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

Shi Yuqi of China celebrates after successful the boys’s singles remaining match in opposition to Lee Cheuk Yiu of China’s Hong Kong on the India Open 2024 badminton event in New Delhi, India, Jan. 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

Shi Yuqi of China competes through the males’s singles remaining match in opposition to Lee Cheuk Yiu of China’s Hong Kong on the India Open 2024 badminton event in New Delhi, India, Jan. 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

Lee Cheuk Yiu of China’s Hong Kong competes through the males’s singles remaining match in opposition to Shi Yuqi of China on the India Open 2024 badminton event in New Delhi, India, Jan. 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

Champion Shi Yuqi of China pose for images through the awarding ceremony for the boys’s singles occasion on the India Open 2024 badminton event in New Delhi, India, Jan. 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)