Doubles pair Woon Fui-Fairuzizuan win title

SINGAPORE: National back-up doubles pair Lin Woon Fui-Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari saved the blushes for Malaysia in the Singapore Satellite tournament following the men’s singles shuttler Kuan Beng Hong's shock defeat in the final yesterday. 

Woon Fui-Fairuzizuan defeated Indonesian Rendra Wijaya-Yonathan Suryatama Dasuk 15-8, 15-9 to win the men's doubles title.  

There were high expectations in the men's singles but Malaysia failed to make it a double when the 20-year-old Beng Hong went down 12-15, 5-15 to Singapore's Kendrick Lee in the final because of a muscle pull. 

It was a close fight in the first game with Beng Hong leading at 12-10. He then played too cautiously and the Singaporean came charging back to win at 15-12. 

In the second game, Beng Hong suffered a muscle pull after trailing at 0-4. He never recovered and lost 5-15. 

Malaysia also had a representative in the mixed doubles but Fairuzizuan and Ooi Sock Ai went down fighting 13-15, 13-15 to Indonesian Pribadi-Endang Nur Sugianti. 

 

 

 

ALL FINALS 

Men's singles: Kendrick Lee (Sin) bt Kuan Beng Hong (Mas) 15-12, 15-5 

Men's doubles: Lin Woon Fui-Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari (Mas) bt Rendra Wijaya-Yonathan Suryatama Dasuk (Ina) 15-8, 15-9 

Women's singles: Li Li (Sin) bt Salakjit Ponsana (Tha) 11-6, 6-11, 11-9 

Women's doubles: Endang Nur Sugianti-Rani Mundiasti (Ina) bt Duanganong Aroonkesorn-Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (Tha) 8-15, 15-12, 15-10 

Mixed doubles: Pribadi-Endang Nur Sugianti (Ina) bt Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari-Ooi Sock Ai 15-13, 15-13.