China completes clean sweep of the 2025 Hong Kong Open Super 500

China completed a clean sweep of the 2025 Hong Kong Open Super 500 on Sunday as its players captured all five titles, while India left the tournament with three runners up finishes, including a singles loss by Lakshya Sen and a threegame defeat for the country’s top men's doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in Hong Kong Coliseum action.

In the men’s singles final world No. 2 Li Shifeng beat India’s Lakshya Sen in straight games, prevailing 21-15, 21-12 in a 45-minute contest, organisers said. Li’s measured attacking play and athletic net kills allowed him to seize control after Sen started brightly, and the Chinese sealed the win with a series of steep smashes that the Indian could not consistently counter.

The men’s doubles title went to Chinese Olympic silver medallists Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang, who recovered from a game down to defeat Satwik and Chirag in three tight sets. The Indian pair won the opener but were overpowered in the second and third games, ultimately losing in a contest that lasted 61 minutes, officials said. Accounts of the exact point-by-point scores varied across reports, but all agree Liang and Wang prevailed in three games to lift...