New combos emerge champions while Malaysians wait in the wings


Hurray: Japan’s Yuki Fukushima-Mayu Matsumoto celebrate after beating China’s Jia Yifan-Zhang Shuxian in the women’s doubles final. — FAIHAN GHANI/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: It’s a day when new pairs stole the show in the Malaysian Open while others looked on with much envy.

In the mixed doubles event, Dechapol Puavaranukroh and his new partner, Supissara Paewsampran, denied top seeds and world No. 1 Chinese Feng Yanzhe-Huang Dongping of their championship dream.

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