China beat South Korea to take women’s team badminton gold at the Asian Games yesterday after a fierce battle which saw Korea s top seed break down in tears at her defeat.
The Chinese favorites, who included the world’s top three singles players, won 3-0 overall in a score-line which belied the hosts brave performances.
“I was in the very first game (of the evening) for the team and I am very sorry to my teammates,” cried Sung. “I should have been more confident.”
“We prepared well and studied how they played but we had a hard fight — every match went to three games,” said China s Wang.
