SONGSHAN, Taiwan — Chinese players Chen Long and Du Pengyu will meet in the men's final of the Asian Badminton Championships after easy wins Saturday. Top-seeded Chen disposed of No. 4 Chong Wei Feng of Hong Kong 21-17, 21-15 in the semifinals. The second-seeded Du was leading 21-16, 11-6 when compatriot Wang Zhengmang pulled out due to an undisclosed injury. The women's final will also be an all-Chinese affair with Olympic champion and top-seeded Li Xuerei playing No. 2 Wang Yihan. Li beat Japan's Sayaka Takahashi 21-18, 18-21, 21-12 in a hard-fought semifinal match, while Wang was comfortable in beating Eriko Hirose of Japan 21-12, 21-6. China's hopes for men's doubles titles also ended Friday when both of their teams lost out in the quarterfinals. Controversial Chinese women's doubles team Yu Yang and Wang Xiaoli saw off South Korea's Ko A-ra and Yoo Hae-won 21-15, 21-17. The duo were booted out of the Olympics in a playing-to-lose scandal that rocked the London Games. Fellow Chinese women's duo Ma Jin and Tang Jinhua beat Indonesia's Gebby Ristiyani Imawan and Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah 21-18, 21-8. China's mixed doubles team Zhao Yunlei and Zhang Nan defeated Hong Kong's Lee Chun-hei and Chau Hoi-wah 21-16, 21-11. — Agencies
