Home favorite Lee Chong Wei recovered from a second-game lapse
to beat South Korea's Lee Hyun-ii 21-15, 11-21, 21-17 in the men's
singles final of the Malaysia Open Super Series yesterday in Kuala
Lumpur.
The top-seeded Malaysian possessed too much power and variety of
strokes for his left-handed opponent, although victory was by no
means easy with the Korean making all the plays in the second
game.
Malaysia's Lee regained his composure to dominate the decider
and completed victory in 62 minutes for a fourth Malaysian Open
title, adding to his three straight triumphs from 2004.
The Malaysian also took the lead in his career head-to-head
record against the Korean, winning for the fifth time against four
defeats.
Earlier, Denmark's Tine Rasmussen stunned China's world champion
and number three seed Zhu Lin 18-21, 21-19, 21-18 to take the
women's singles title.
Rasmussen was just two points from defeat in the second game but
reeled off five points in a row against the defending champion to
level the match at 1-1.
The Dane then seized control of the match by going 9-2 ahead in
the decider.
Still, Rasmussen needed a time-out at 14-12 to attend to an
injured ankle.
(Agencies via Shanghai Daily January 21, 2008)