The Chinese was given a tough time by unseeded Malaysian Lee Tsuen Seng before making the semi-final in the All-England badminton.
Zhang Ning defeated countrywoman Zhou Mi 11-0, 11-8 to win the women's singles crown.
His stupendous run in the Asian Badminton Championship came to an end on Saturday as he went down to Olympic Champion Taufiq Hidayat of Indonesia in the semifinals.
Taufik Hidayat's hopes of retaining his world badminton title evaporated when he lost to China's Chen Hong.
The Indian challenge at the Denmark Open badminton tournament ended after Chetan Anand and Nikhil Kanetkar lost in the men's singles at the pre-quarter-final stage.
The Malalsian's All-England success earmarks him as a genuine contender for the world championships.
Muhammad Hafiz Hashim caused one of the biggest upsets in the 104-year history of the All-England championships when he upset the top-seeded titleholder Chen Hong to win the men's singles title.
The paper also includes musing that SARS -- which hit China in 2003 -- could have been a man-made bioweapon deliberately unleashed by "terrorists".
A decade after his triumph at the All England badminton championship, Gopichand cherishes the famous victory, writes Bikash Mohapatra.
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