Han Yue of China during the Yonex Internationaux de Badminton on October 27, 2022 in Paris, France. Photo: VCG

China's shuttler Han Yue ended the run of her compatriot Zhang Yiman to win the BWF World Tour Hylo Open women's singles title  in Saarbrucken, Germany on Sunday.

Han, 22, beat 25-year-old Zhang 21-18, 21-16. 

Zhang led the first game from the start before Han leveled the score at 18-18. Han smashed two 6-0 runs in the first game, with the second run leading to a 21-18 win.

Han's second game was never in doubt as she controlled it and won the title.

Zhang had ousted Olympic champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the quarterfinals and third-seeded Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the last four.

On Saturday, Han and Zhang reached the women's singles final to secure the title in advance for China.

Zhang beat Okuhara 21-18, 21-17 in 39 minutes to book a final spot to meet her compatriot 22-year-old Han, who defeated Gregoria Mariska Tunjung of Indonesia in the other semifinal.

In the men's singles, Indonesia's Anthony Sinisuka Ginting bagged his second title of the season. Four months after taking the Singapore Open in July, the world No.6 defeated third-seeded Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei 18-21, 21-11, 24-22 in the final.

The men's doubles final witnessed two pairs from Chinese Taipei. Lu Ching Yao and Yang Po Han lost their first game 21-11 against Lee Jhe Huei and Yang Po Hsuan, before overturning the match by winning the following two games 21-17, 25-23.

The women's doubles final was played between two pairs from Thailand, as the eighth-seeded Aimsaard sisters edged top seeds Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai 21-18, 18-21, 21-17.

China's Olympic champion Huang Dongping, paired with young talent Feng Yanzhe, lost the mixed doubles final to Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto and Lisa Ayu Kusumawati of Indonesia 21-17, 21-15.

On Saturday, Olympic champion Huang and Feng reached the mixed doubles final by downing Danish duo Mathias Thyrri and Amalie Magelund 21-19, 21-18.

Xinhua