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PETALING JAYA: The national pair of mixed doubles Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying had to play the role of bridesmaid once again to the Indonesian Tontowi Ahmad-Liliyana Natsir
Two years after being stung in Rio De Janeiro Peng Soon-Liu Ying has once again found his rivals and his duo No. 3 worldwide too hot to handle.
Indonesians, backed by vociferous supporters, easily outnumbered Malaysians to 21-17, 21-8 to retain their title in 38 minutes to intimidating Istora Senayan.
It was Peng Soon-Liu Ying's sixth straight defeat for the Indonesians who brought their face-to-face record to 10-1 since the two pairs met in 2011.
Peng Soon admitted that Tontowi-Liliyana was simply a class above.
"They made our life very difficult, we just could not play our game," said Peng Soon.
"It's really disappointing to lose when it's most important, after being beaten to get to the finals."
triumphed since winning the Japan Open in 2012, this was nevertheless a good answer to their release from the first round of the Malaysian Open last week.
In Jakarta, they beat world number one Wang Yilyu-Huang Dongping and No. 2 Zheng Siwei-Huang Yaqiong, both of China, in the quarterfinals and semi-finals en route to the showdown. yesterday
"I think we played very well in Indonesia this week beating the best pairs to reach the final of a Super 1000 (World Tour) event. This proved that our preparation for the world championships is on the right track. "
" So, there are a lot of positive things to take this week, more importantly, we have to bring this momentum to Nanjing for the world meeting and then to the Asian Games in August. "
Reaching its fourth final of the year highlights the status of Peng-Liu Ying Ying mixed doubles department this year.
The World Number 15 has won two titles this year – the Malaysia Masters in January and the US Open last month. They were also the finalists at the Australian Open
The battle for the singles crown saw the Japanese Kento Momota humiliating world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen of Denmark 21-14, 21-9 to take back the title that he had won in 2015.
The win also made up for Momota's disappointment of losing against Lee Chong Wei in the Malaysian Open last week.
But the player of the moment must be the world number one ladies Tzu-ying won his fifth title in as many tournaments.
Tzu-ying recovered a match against Chinese Chen Yufei 21-23, 21-15, 21-9 by stretching his winning streak. 29 games in all.
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