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Lee wins Malaysia Open title in front of home fans

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.

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 South Korean making all the plays in the second game.

Lee regained his composure to dominate the decider and completed victory in 62 minutes for a fourth Malaysian Open title.

He also took the lead in his career head-to-head record against the South Korean, winning for the fifth time against four defeats.

Denmark's Tine Rasmussen stunned Chinese world champion 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 to level the match at 1-1.

The Dane then seized control of the match by going 9-2 ahead in the decider.

Although Zhu managed to battle back, Rasmussen, who needed a time-out at 14-12 to attend to an injury ankle, held her nerve to score a rare European singles victory in Asia.

Indonesian No. 2 seeds Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan beat Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen of Denmark 21-10, 20-22, 21-18 in the men's doubles.

In the women's doubles Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen beat Gao Ling and Zhao Tingting in an all-Chinese clash, 21-13, 16-21, 24-22

He Hanbin and Yu Yang of China beat Lee Yong-dae and Lee Hyo-jung of South Korea 21-14, 21-15 in the mixed doubles.
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