Indonesia wins badminton women’s doubles at Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO: AUGUST 2 – Indonesia’s world No. 6 shuttlers Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu beat China’s second seeds Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan 21-19, 21-15 in the women’s doubles final of the Tokyo Olympics here on Monday.

The Indonesian pair raced to a strong start and kept the advantage till the end. In the second set, Chen/Jia, unable to bounce back, were overwhelmed by their opponents.

In an earlier match at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, South Korea’s No. 5 Kim So-Yeong/Kong Hee-Yong crushed their compatriot’s world No. 4 Lee So-hee/Shin Seung-chan 21-10, 21-17 to get the bronze.

-XINHUA