Copenhagen: China's Chen Long and Spain's Carolina Marin surprised their opponents in their respective finals to clinch the men's and women's singles titles of the World Badminton Championships at the Ballerup Super Arena here yesterday.


Chen Long (China) in full flow against Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei in the BWF World Badminton Championships final at Copenhagen yesterday. Pic/Getty Images 

Jinxed
The jinx continued for World No 1 Lee Chong Wei at the sport's most prestigious event as the Malaysian top seed faltered to Chinese second seed Chen 19-21, 19-21 in an hour and nine minutes.