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All England Open | Zii Jia, Okuhara triumph

Lee Zii Jia. (Source: AP)

Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia and Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara claimed the men’s and women’s singles crowns at the All England Open here on Sunday.

Zii Jia dethroned Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen 30-29, 20-22, 21-9 to claim his maiden crown in a marathon that lasted 74 minutes.

Earlier, former champion Okuhara got the better of Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand 21-12, 21-16 in 44 minutes.

Other results:

Doubles: Men: Yuta Watanabe & Hiroyuki Endo bt Keigo Sonoda & Takesh Kamura 21-15, 17-21, 21-11.

Women: Mayu Matsumoto & Wakana Nagahara bt Sayaka Hirota & Yuki Fukushima 21-18, 21-6.

Mixed doubles: Yuta Watanabe & Arisa Higashino & Misaki Matsutomo & Yuk Kaneko 21-14, 21-13.

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