China's World number one Gao Ling/Huang Sui were never really threatened by fellows Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen before they won the third title for China on Saturday in the women's doubles final of the 250,000 US dollars IBF World Cup at Yiyang, south China's Hunan.

 

The duo, who won out 21-19, 21-6, shared the first prize of US$17,430 at the same time.

 

2004 Olympic champions Yang/Zhang started badly in the first game trailing 11-5 at the technical timeout. Although they managed to beat off four game points while trailing at 20-15, Gao/Huang converted the fifth to win at 21-19.

 

In the second game, Gao/Huang stormed to 11-3 before the technical timeout while Yang/Zhang, second ranked in the world, looked sluggish both in offense and defense, losing the game at an uncharacteristic 21-6.

 

(Xinhua News Agency October 28, 2006)