Birmingham - Lee Chong Wei retained his All-England men's singles champion after he beat the strongest rival, Lin Dan, Olympic champion, from China, in the final game ended 21-17, 21-17, Sunday.
The victory was the top seed from Malaysia surprised many because before Lin Dan has won 15 of their 22 meetings and the last place in the Korea Open tournament in January.
But Lin looks rarely try to do powerful attacks that became his trademark, while Lee perform movements with outstanding and excellent ball control in the match.
For Lin Dan, with the defeat meant he failed to win his fifth title of All England, which will be a unique achievement in the Open era. All England followed, not long before the 2012 Olympics, will be her last appearance before retiring.
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