The Chinese firstly secured the girls’ title with a 3-1 win before claiming the boys’ crown thanks to a 3-0 victory.

Qian Tianyi set the girls’ team on their way to success at the Bendigo Stadium in Victoria, beating Miyu Nagasaki 11-9, 11-13, 8-11, 11-5, 11-9.

Shi Xunyao then doubled China’s advantage by defeating Satsuki Odo 11-8, 11-2, 11-3 before Japan's Miyuu Kihara halved the deficit courtesy of a hard-fought 11-4, 11-7, 8-11, 4-11, 12-10 triumph over Huang Fanzhen.

The Japanese had hopes of staging a comeback but they were ended when Shi overcame Nagasaki 11-6, 11-5, 11-9.

China were even more impressive in winning the boys’ team final, taking it in three-straight matches.

Yu Heyi came from behind to beat Yuta Tanaka 8-11, 12-10, 11-3, 11-8 before Xu Yingbin defeated Yukiya Uda 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 11-5 and Xiang Peng overcame Shunsuke Togami 12-10, 11-9, 11-9.

The early stages of the mixed doubles event also took place today with China again in superb form.

The country will have four pairings in the last-16 following wins in the round-of-32.

Yu and Qian beat France’s Irvin Bertrand and Leili Mostafavi 11-7, 11-6, 11-6, while there was also success for Xu Haidong and Guo Yuhan against Togami and fellow Japanese Yumeno Soma, 11-5, 10-12, 11-4, 11-8.

Xu Yingbin and Shi combined to defeat Argentina’s Alexis Orencel and South Korea’s Shin Yubin 11-5, 11-8, 11-3, while Xiang and Huang overcame the United States’s Nicholas Tio and Rachel Sung 12-10, 11-5, 11-5.

Mixed doubles competition is due to continue on Saturday (December 8) with the last-16 and quarter-final ties.

The semi-finals and finals are scheduled for Sunday (December 9). 

Taking centre stage tomorrow is group action in the boys’ and girls’ singles events.