's gold medal haul swells to four at Asian championships 09:17, September 23, 2007

China's gold medal haul at the Asian championships swelled to four Saturday with fresh wins in the women's and men's doubles.

Both finals were all-Chinese affairs, with China undoubtedly capturing the two titles after dominating both the men's team and women's team events in the first three days of the championships.

But world No. 2 and No. 5 made an upset by defeating top-ranked and third-ranked Nan, the women's doubles gold medalists at .

The Guo-Li pair won 9-11, 11-6, 11-9, 12-10, 11-8.

Tie Ya Na and Zhang Rui of and 's and finished joint third.

Later, sixth-ranked and 10th-ranked rallied from two sets down to eliminate second-ranked Wang Hao and eighth-ranked in an evenly matched battle 7-11, 4-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-6, 8-11, 11-7.

In the quarter-finals, Ma and Hao had upset and from Hong Kong of China, the defending champion and Olympic men's doubles silver medalists at Athens.

Japan's Jun Mizutani and Seiya Kishikawa shared the bronze medals with Chinese 's Chuang Chih-Yuan and Wu Chih-Chi.

Earlier in the day, the South Korean pair of Oh Sang Eun and Kwak Bang Bang claimed the mixed doubles title after beating Ko and Tie 11-9, 7-11, 11-5, 6-11, 11-4, 11-8.

The runner-ups are the DPR Korea's Kim Hyok Bong and and 's Choi Hyun Jin and Shim Sqe Rom.

"Source: Xinhua"