National badminton coach Thessana Phanvissawat said producing many talented doubles players is the answer to tackling the Chinese juggernaut as his proteges Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanach lost to Lu Kai and Huang Yaqiong of China for the fifth time in the Asian Badminton Championships on Sunday.

Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanach once again had to bow to the superiority of world No 2 Lu Kai and Huang Yaqiong in the mixed doubles final of the Asia Badminton Championships in Wuhan, China, yesterday.