Chinese duo Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang, who started to work together four months ago, took the men's doubles title at the Japan Open badminton championships in Osaka on Sunday (Sept. 4).
They continued their giant-killing run by beating seventh seed Denmark Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 21-18, 13-21, 21-17 to win their first title of any kind.
"This is the biggest tournament I have played in my career," said Liang. "I have never seen such a medal before."
"I wished to run a victory lap inside the gymnasium, but I was too tired to run," said Wang.
Team China had a total of 29 players at the Japan Open but all their star players, including their Olympic and world champions, failed to reach the finals. It is the only champion that Chinese players got in this Japan Open.
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