Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong of China defeated Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino of Japan 2-0 (21-13 and 21-16) to win the mixed doubles title at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Sunday.

This is the 35th consecutive win for Huang and Zheng, and their third BWF World Championships title. Watanabe and Higashino made the final for the second time. They lost 10 of their previous matches against the Chinese duo.

It didn't take Huang and Zheng long to win the first game as they pulled ahead after an early 2-2 tie. After 17 minutes of competition, they won the set 21-13.

Watanabe and Higashino were more tenacious in the second set, launching effective counter-strikes. They managed to tie the score multiple times before the Chinese pair sealed the deal with 4-0 and 3-0 runs at the end of the match.

Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping of China secured the mixed doubles bronze medal.

Earlier in the day, Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan of China defeated Kim So-yeong and Kong Hee-yong of South Korea 2-0 (22-20 and 21-14) to win the women's doubles title.

Chen and Jia are the top seeded pair in the tournament and have won the title twice before. Kim and Kong reached the final for the first time in their career. The two sides played 10 times before and the Chinese pair won seven of them, including beating the South Korea pair twice at the Tokyo Olympics last year.

Kim and Kong were very tough in the first game as they always wiped their deficit quickly and even gained the lead 14-11 in the middle of the game. Chen and Jia managed to keep the competitions alive as the score reached draw for another few times. The South Korean duo led 20-19 to get the game point, but Chen and Jia became the final winners after scoring three straight points.

Having got used to their opponents' style of playing, the Chinese duo were in better control of the situation in the second game. They never allowed Kim and Kong to tie the score again since leading 11-7. In the end, Chen and Jia pocketed their third World Championships women's doubles title after winning the second game 21-14.

Akane Yamaguchi of Japan defeated Chen Yufei of China 2-1 (21-12, 10-21 and 21-14) to win the women's singles title. Both took one game with clear advantage to reach 1-1 draw. Yamaguchi scored quickly at the beginning of the third game to lead 8-1. Though Chen was patient enough to manoeuvre her opponent and cut down her deficit, Yamaguchi always managed to interrupt her momentum by scoring two to three points in a row.

In the end, the Japanese top seed managed to defend the title after winning it for the first time in Huelva, Spain, in 2021.

Viktor Axelsen of Denmark beat Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand 2-0 (21-5 and 21-16) in the men's singles final to secure his second World Championships gold. Having done it with six consecutive wins, he didn't even allow one game to any opponent.

Zhao Junpeng of China secured the bronze medal.

In the men's doubles final earlier, Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik of Malaysia beat Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia to win the first World Championships title not just for themselves, but also for Malaysia.