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Lin, Nehwal claim titles at Australian Open

CHINA’S Lin Dan fought back from dropping the first game to beat Simon Santoso and win the World Superseries Australian Open in Sydney yesterday.

The two-time Olympic gold medalist and five-time world champion downed the 18th-ranked Indonesian, 22-24, 21-16, 21-7 in 75 minutes. It was the 30-year-old’s first World Superseries final in over two years.

India’s Saina Nehwal won the women’s singles title by beating Spain’s Carolina Marin 21-18, 21-11. The eighth-ranked Nehwal defeated Marin, ranked three spots below her, in 43 minutes.




 

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