Taipei, Dec. 11 (CNA) Taiwan's Cheng Wen-hsing and Chien Yu-chin, the world's top-ranked women's doubles badminton team, beat a Russian duo Saturday to advance to the women's doubles finals of the Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open Super Series 2010.
The top-seeded pair rallied from a set down to pull off an 18-21, 21-12, 21-13 win against third seeds Valeria Sorokina and Nina Vislova at Queen Elizabeth Stadium.
Cheng and Chien will meet the winner of the other semifinal being played Saturday night -- an all-Chinese battle pitting Pan Pan and Tian Qing against Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang -- in Sunday's final.
Chien was also to team with Lee Sheng-mu in the mixed doubles semifinal to be played later Saturday against fifth seeds Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei of China.
The "golden pair" regained the top spot in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) women's doubles ranking in early October, the first time they were ranked first in the world since January 2008.
The Hong Kong Open is the last of the 12-tournament Super Series, which compiles a separate Super Series Standings. Cheng and Chien are currently also ranked first in Super Series women's doubles.
The top eight men's and women's singles, doubles and mixed doubles players and teams will be invited to compete in the BWF Super Series Finals 2010, which will be held in Taipei Jan. 5-9, 2011. (By Chris Wang) enditem/ls