World No. 1 Lee Chong Wei lived the dream to secure his first All England title Sunday with a 21-19, 21-19 victory over unseeded Japanese Kenichi Tago. “It's a big relief and big dream fulfilled especially as this is the 100th All England championships,” he told reporters. The Malaysian lost out in last year's final to world and Olympic champion Lin Dan but Lin exited this time round in the quarter-finals, easing the way for his old rival. Chong Wei, who has a poor record against four-times All England winner Lin, admitted: “I thought this was my best chance when he got knocked out.” But he still had to fight hard against Tago who had earlier beaten top Chinese talent Chen Jin and Bao Chunlai to become the first Japanese to reach the men's singles final since 1966. Tago led 4-0 in the first set and 15-11 later on before Chong Wei finally nosed ahead at 16-15. Though Tago managed to save three set points he finally yielded at 21-19. In the second, the Malaysian led 6-1 and 11-7 but the tough Japanese levelled at 14-14. Tago saved two match points before a final shuttle from Chong Wei landed just in the baseline to secure the triumph. “He's a very good, strong opponent, one to watch out for,” Chong Wei said. Tine Rasmussen regained the women's crown with a tense 21-14, 18-21, 21-19 win over holder and top seed Wang Yihan of China. It was revenge for the tall Dane who first lifted the title in 2008 only to lose it last year to the Chinese. Wang's defeat meant that China, who had enjoyed a 5-0 clean sweep at last year's championships, went home with just two titles, in the mixed and women's doubles. Other results (finals): Men's doubles: Lars Paaske-Jonas Rasmussen (Denmark) bt 4-Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen (Denmark) 21-23, 21-19, 26-24. Women's doubles: 1-Du Jing-Yu Yang (China) bt 3-Cheng Shu-Zhao Yunlei (China) 20-22, 21-16, 21-13. Mixed doubles: Zhang Nan-Zhao Yunlei (China) bt 2-Nova Widianto-Liliyana Natsir (Indonesia) 21-18, 23-25, 21
