Japan cap great run by bagging men and women’s doubles titles

BUKIT JALIL: Shuttlers Takeshi Kamura-Keigo Sonoda became the first Japanese pair to win the men’s doubles title as Japan capped a great outing in the Celcom Axiata Malaysian Open by taking the women’s doubles title as well at the Axiata Arena.

Kamura-Sonoda made quick work of countrymen Hiroyuki Endo-Yuta Watanabe winning in straight games at 21-8, 21-10 in a 30-minute one-sided final.