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hina’s Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan nailed the women’s doubles title at the 2017 BWF World Championships badminton tournament in Glasgow, Scotland, on Sunday.

It is the first title for the pair, which outclassed Japan’s Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota in a rubber match.

In Sunday’s finals, fourth seeds Chen and Jia overpowered the ninth-seeded Japanese pair 21-18, 17-21, 21-15 in 1 hour and 24 minutes.

Chen and Jia earned a spot in the finals after stunning top seeds Misaki Matsumoto and Ayaka Takahashi 21-17, 21-15 in Saturday’s semifinals.

Other finals matches were ongoing at the time of going to print.

India’s PV Sindhu was set to face Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara in the women’s singles.

The two were fighting for their first title as defending champion Carolina Marin of Spain was ousted by Okuhara in the quarterfinals.

In the men’s singles, former world number one Lin Dan of China was scheduled to meet third-seeded Viktor Axelsen of Denmark.

In Saturday’s semifinal, Lin stayed on course for a record sixth men’s singles title at the badminton world championships with a victory over top seed Son Wan-ho in Glasgow.

Lin, who last won the title in 2013, defeated Son 21-17, 21-14 to reach his seventh world final.

Lin, 33, may have reached the latter stages of his career, but he outsmarted the 29-year-old world number one from South Korea in the semis.

A run of five points in a row from 16-15 down helped seal the first game and he pressed home his advantage midway through the second.

“Everyone is talking about my age, but I have proved I can still play at a high level,” he said as quoted by AFP.

“Men’s singles is very tough these days. It is a very hard route to the final.

“I always feel nervous before big matches, but I am very happy that I have had great support here.”

In the men’s doubles final, Indonesia’s non-seeded pair Mohammad Ahsan and Rian Agung Saputro were set to play against eighth seeds Liu Cheng and Zhang Nan of China early Monday.

Indonesia’s Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir, the third-seeded pair here, were scheduled to face top seeds Zheng Siwei and Chen Qingchen in the mixed doubles.