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Chen had complained of back pain while trailing Lin 21-12 11-6. Lin went on to beat Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei in the final. The Star newspaper said that just a day before his defeat Chen “hardly showed any signs of discomfort when he fought tooth-and-nail” to win his quarter-final. “And that’s why many felt that Chen Jin’s decision to retire against Lin Dan was just a ploy to allow the latter to conserve energy for his final against Wei,” it added.


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