Badminton: Chinese players take All England men's and women's doubles titles
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China's Yu Yang (right) and China's Wang Xiaoli (left) pose with their winners trophies after beating China's Cheng Shu and Zhao Yunlei in their All England Open Badminton Championships women's doubles final match in Birmingham, central England, on March 10, 2013. Chinese players won the men's and women's doubles titles at the All England Championships on Sunday. -- PHOTO: AFP
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom, (AFP) - Chinese players won the men's and women's doubles titles at the All England Championships on Sunday.
Top-seeds Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang beat compatriots Cheng Shu and Zhao Yunlei 21-18, 21-10 to lift the women's doubles title.
China's Liu Xiaolong and Qiu Zihan beat Japanese fourth seeds Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa 21-11, 21-9 to clinch the men's doubles crown.
