Double Triple Crown Watch For Championship Sunday in Beijing
| June 20, 2026
Two players, three finals, one potential triple crown. Chao Yi Wang and Sahra Dennehy have both stormed into the final of all three of their events at the Capital Securities Beijing Open 2026, and in every one they run straight into each other.
In the Women’s Singles the homegrown defense fell short. Both China stars went out at the semifinal hurdle. Top seed Chao Yi Wang was put through her paces by Yufei Long before amping up the placement and power to win 11-7, 11-9. Meanwhile Dennehy put on a clinic, seeing off local hope Lingwei Kong 11-3, 11-3 to book her fourth Women’s Singles final in Asia.
The incoming gold medal showdown is a Hangzhou rerun. Dennehy defeated Wang 11-7, 11-2 for that title last December and leads the head-to-head 2-1. Wang’s solitary win came by walkover at the MB Hanoi Cup. In the two on-court encounters, Dennehy downed Wang on her way to titles at the MB Vietnam Cup and Hangzhou in 2025.
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The same two names are up in the Women’s Doubles finals, but opposite sides of the net. Aiko Yoshitomi and Wang were in cruise control; the first-time pairing brushing past Xiao Yi Wang-Beckvall and Nok Yiu Tang 11-6, 11-5. Meanwhile Dennehy and Yufei Long made it far harder on themselves. Five-ten down and staring at three game points, they roared back to nick the first 12-10, then won the second by the exact same scoreline against Albie Huang and Christa Gecheva. Mixed completes the trilogy: Wang and Len Yang against Dennehy and Joseph Wild.
Over in the men’s finals fans can look forward to one fresh and one familiar face. The two Men’s Singles semifinals were completely different versions of pickleball. Ford and Harrison Brown was baseline drives and big passing shots at full speed, Ford racing clear 11-3, 11-6 to end the qualifier’s dream run. Wong and Hien Truong was the opposite end of the spectrum. The duo brought extended cat-and-mouse with plenty of running, Wong taking it 11-7, 11-6 to push his head-to-head over Truong to 4-1.
Hong Kit Wong and Zane Ford have never met on the court. Ford is still on his PPA Tour Asia debut. Wong is hunting a second singles gold, after his first at the Hong Kong Open 2025, and a title would lift him to the top of the all-time Men’s Singles medal ladder. He carries one gold, three silvers and two bronze in the discipline.
Wong will be extra hungry for that gold after the Men’s Doubles slipped through his fingers. He and Eunggwon Kim, the top seeds, were in front before Kenta Miyoshi and Robert Stirling flipped the script. Down 7-2 in the second and looking done, they found big power and poise to drag it back and close out a full-distance win 8-11, 11-8, 11-3. The Wong and Kim gold chase rolls on having yet to nab top of the podium in Asia. Miyoshi and Stirling now meet Hien Truong and Quan Do, 11-9, 11-2 winners over Zefeng Li and Nicholas Wiseman.
Championship Sunday kicks off at 9:00 (GMT+8) with the bronze medal playoffs, with the gold medal matches starting not before 15:00 (GMT+8).
Check out the complete results from Saturday’s action here.
