SHAH ALAM: Malaysia had been topped the lads’s champions of the Badminton Asia Team Championships for the primary time after they exacted candy revenge over arch-rivals Indonesia in the final.
Malaysia had been overwhelmed 1-3 in the earlier version in Manila two years in the past, however there was to be no repeat as Malaysia got here out tops with a dominant 3-0 victory in entrance of greater than 200 house followers on the Setia City Convention Centre on Sunday (Feb 20).
Ng Tze Yong (pic) turned hero after beating Ikhsan Leonardo Rumbay 21-14, 21-15 to seal the successful level because the Malaysia camp erupted into sheer pleasure.
Tze Yong’s mission was made simpler after key members Lee Zii Jia and Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik secured the house aspect a flying begin by staving off sturdy resistance from respective opponents to race 2-0 forward.
All-England champion Zii Jia needed to come from behind to beat Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 14-21, 21-12, 21-10 in 50 minutes.
Malaysia then marched additional with Tokyo Olympics bronze medallists Aaron-Wooi Yik survived one more nail-biting thriller to win 17-21, 21-13, 21-18.
For Indonesia, the defeat ended their domination of the lads’s workforce occasion for the reason that biennial event’s inception in 2016.
They pipped Japan and China to the 2016 and 2018 titles respectively.
But there’s nonetheless trigger for celebration for the Indonesia camp after their ladies’s workforce emerged winners for the primary time with a 3-1 win over South Korea.
FINAL RESULTS
Men: Malaysia bt Indonesia 3-0 (Lee Zii Jia bt Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 14-21, 21-12, 21-10; Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik bt Leo Rolly Carnando-Daniel Marthin 17-21, 21-13, 21-18; Ng Tze Yong bt Ikhsan Leonardo Rumbay 21-14, 21-15).
Women: Indonesia bt South Korea 3-1 (Gregoria Mariska Tunjung bt Sim Yu-jin 21-9, 21-10; Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma-Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi misplaced to Baek Ha-na-Seong Seung-yeon 15-21, 21-14, 14-21; Putri Kusuma Wardani bt Lee Se-yeon 21-10, 21-18; Nita Violina Marwah-Lanny Tria Mayasari bt Kim Min-ji-Park Min-jeong 23-21, 21-11).
