Holders China notched up a record sixth win in the Sudirman Cup after beating Indonesia 3-0 on Sunday in the world mixed team badminton championships.

This marks a sixth win in seven appearances for the perennial favorites, only dropping the title once in 2003 to South Korea.

Chinese mixed duo Zheng Bo/Gao Ling survived an early scare to defeat Limpele Flandy/Vita Marissa 19-21, 21-17 and 21-19.

After the win, Gao commented: "I had faced this Indonesian duo before but with my former partner Zhang Jun. Their speed caught me by surprise today. They put us on the back-foot and won the first Game. Zheng is young but this new Sudirman Cup experience will him improve."

Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng then took China to the brink of victory by thrashing new pair Kido Markis/Candra Wijaya 21-11, 21-13 in the men's doubles. Olympic champion Zhang Ning then calmly took the title for her country by dispatching Adriyanti Firdasari 21-16, 21-9.
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(Xinhua News Agency June 18, 2007)