Chen and Jia Claim Second Super 1000 Title – China Open: Finals
For the second time this year at the Super 1000 level, China’s Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan have broken the dominance of Japan’s big three women’s doubles combinations.
· Lloyd Green
On this occasion, they accounted for Rio 2016 Olympic champions Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi 21-14 21-18 in the final of the VICTOR China Open 2019.
While often in the shadow of the top three ranked pairs in the world – Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara, Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota and Matsutomo and Takahashi – Chen and Jia have again shown they are a force to be reckoned with on the big stage.
In March, they knocked off both Matsumoto/Nagahara and Fukushima/Hirota en route to winning the All England Open title and this time it was the turn of the Olympic gold medallists to feel their wrath. They also did the same at the Asia Championships 2019 in Wuhan, defeating Matsumoto and Nagahara again.