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The right mix: Malaysia’s Goh Soon Huat (right) and Shevon Lai Jemie celebrating after beating Indonesia’s Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir in the mixed doubles final at the Singapore Open yesterday. — AFP

PETALING JAYA: Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie have done what compatriots Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying failed to do in the last six years – beat Olympic champions Tontowi Ahmad-Liliyana Natsir of Indonesia.

World No. 8 Soon Huat-Shevon pulled off a sensational 21-19, 21-18 win over the world No. 1 pair in the mixed doubles final of the Singapore Open at the Singapore Indoor Stadium yesterday.

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