Markham: Malaysia’s Goh Jin Wei who won the BWF World Junior title in 2015 at the age of 15, reclaimed the BWF World Junior in Markham, Canada, on Sunday when she put on one of the best efforts in her young career to beat No. 13 seed Line Christophersen of Denmark 21-13, 21-11 to regain the World Junior title.
After the victory, Goh became the third girls’ singles player who had won the championships more than one time. Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon won it three-times (2009, 2010, 2011) and Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi had won it twice (2013, 2014).
In the girls’ doubles final, Malaysia’s Pearly Tan Koong Le/Toh Ee Wei were up against top seeds Liu Xuanxuan/Xia Yuting of China. The Malaysian pair put up a fighting performance but went down to Liu/Xia 16-21, 16-21 and had to settle for the silver.
Earlier Sunday, in an all-Indonesian mixed doubles final, unseeded Leo Rolly Carnando/Indah Cahya Sari Jamil pulled off a huge upset to crush No. 2 seeds Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto/Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti 21-15, 21-9 for the mixed doubles title.
Meanwhile, No. 1 seeds Di Zijian/Wang Chang of China overcame Korea’s No. 10 seeds Shin Tae Yang/Wang Chan 21-19, 22-20 for the gold while No. 1 seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand successfully defended the boys’ singles world junior champion by defeating Kodai Naraoka of Japan 21-9, 21-11.
