Sze Fei-Izzuddin display sportsmanship while setting multiple records in China Open victory

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Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin Rumsani clinched the China Open men's doubles title by defeating world No. 7 He Jiting and Ren Xiangyu 13-21, 21-12, 21-17 at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium in Changzhou on Sunday (Sept 22).   This victory marks the biggest title of their careers as an independent pair.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/34yprdpz  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Goh Sefei and Nur Izzuddin Rumsani clinched the China Open Men's Doubles title, defeating

00:07World No. 7, He Jiting and Ren Xiangyu, 13-21, 21-12, 21-17 at the Olympic Sports Centre

00:15Gymnasium in Changzhou on Sunday.

00:18Xiangyu sustained a lower back injury at the end of the first game, receiving treatment

00:22from his team's physiotherapist instead of the medical staff from Badminton World Federation

00:26BWF.

00:28The Chinese pair continued to compete but the injury significantly affected their performance

00:33in the second game.

00:34Sefei and Izzuddin displayed admirable sportsmanship by not celebrating after their victory.

00:39In a post-match interview with the BWF, Sefei expressed that winning under such circumstances

00:46wasn't ideal, even as they pocketed the RM622,000 prize money.

00:52This marks their first World Tour Super 1000 title and their second title this year, following

00:57their Japan Open triumph in August.

01:00The duo also made history as the first Malaysians to win the China Open since Datuk Lee Chong

01:05Wei's Men's Singles victory in 2015, while preventing a clean sweep by China, who had

01:11won all other events.

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