Chen Long won badminton's BWF Superseries Finals on Sunday by downing Chinese compatriot Du Pengyu, while China also took the women's singles and women's doubles crowns. Chen, the number two seed, bested Du 21-12, 21-13 to take home the championship in the event at Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre in the southern city.

In the women's singles, Chinese Olympic champion Li Xuerui, the top seed, beat countrywoman and number three seed Wang Shixian 21-9, 15-4 after Wang retired from the match.

China also took the top spot in the women's doubles, where fourth seeds Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang defeated Denmark's Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl 21-16, 21-14.

In mixed doubles, Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Pedersen knocked off number four seeds Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei 17-21, 21-12, 21-14. In the men's doubles, Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen of Denmark beat second seeds Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa of Japan 21-17, 21-19 to defend their championship. The men's doubles match was the only one of the day that lacked a Chinese participant.

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