Lin wins year's first title, Lee shows up to congratulate

Elsewhere, both mixed doubles and women's doubles finals were all competed among the Chinese shuttlers.

In the mixed doubles final, top seed Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong beat second seed Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping 21-17, 21-13 in 38 minutes, while Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan put on their best in the women's doubles final by beating Du Yue and Li Yunhui 21-14, 21-15 in 37 minutes.

In the men's doubles, world champions Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen of China beat defending champions Takeshi Kamura and Kiego Sonoda of Japan 21-12, 21-17 in 42 minutes, awarding China its fourth crown in the Malaysia Open.

The women's singles was the only title that slipped out of their hands, which was won by Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei who beat Akane Yamaguchi of Japan 21-16, 21-19.