JAKARTA, June 9 — National men’s doubles pair Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun blew a first-game win to go down 21-19, 16-21, 12-21 to China’s Liang Wei Keng-Wang Chang in the final of the Indonesia Open at the Istora Senayan today.
The world number 20 pair did well to win the opening game in their first major final but failed to keep the momentum going in the next two as the world number two from China fought back to clinch victory in 55 minutes.
The Malaysians have yet to beat the China pair in four meetings in the past two years.
“In the third game, they quickly got into their rhythm, so it was difficult for us to catch up.
“We still have a lot to learn, especially in terms of confidence and mentality. We weren’t bad in this tournament,” Man said.
Tee then chipped in: “In the first game, they just followed our playing style. In the third game, they changed their strategy and we could not get the points. We will now prepare for the Japan Open and South Korea Open.”
Man-Tee had advanced to the final by defeating home favourites Sabar Karyaman Gutama-Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani 29-27, 21-13 in 45 minutes.
In the other semi-final, Liang-Wang downed Denmark’s Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 21-13, 21-15 in 32 minutes.
— Bernama
