With the Badminton World Championships in Guangzhou, the men's final featured a rematch between the four-time champions, China's Lin Dan, taking on his arch-rival, World Number One Lee Chong-Wei from Malaysia.

The first set was a back and forth affair, as you would expect between two players who know each other so well, but Lin was on top of his game and eventually prevailed 21-16.

But it was a different story in the second, as Lee went up early and never looked back, the Malaysian taking it 21-13. That means everything came down to a winner-take-all third set, and the atmosphere in the arena was simply intense.

In the end, Lin would win by a score of 20-17, when Lee was forced to retire with a leg injury, and that allowed the Chinese star to claim his fifth consecutive world championship.

Lin Dan of China reacts during the medal presenting ceremony after men's single final match against Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia at the 2013 BWF World Championships in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, Aug. 11, 2013. Lin Dan claimed the title as Lee Chong Wei retired in the match.

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