Unseeded Indonesians Andrei Adistia-Christopher Rusdianto were in stunning form on Saturday as they booked their place in the final of the men’s doubles competition at the Yonex-Sunrise Syed Modi Memorial India Open.
Andrei-Christopher won 21-15, 21-14 while the Japanese players edged out Malaysians Ow Yao Han-Tan Wee Kiong 21-14, 21-16.
Japan will have the chance to win another title as top seeds Miyuki Maeda-Satoko Suetsuna came back from an opening game lost before reaching the women’s doubles final.
The top seeds were given a scare by Indonesian Open Grand Prix Gold winners Vivian Hoo-Woon Khe Wei before eventually winning 18-21, 21-16, 21-19 in 78 minutes.
In the mixed doubles, Sudket Prapakamol-Saralee Thoungthongkam of Thailand made it a clean sweep of all the top seeded doubles pairs to reach the final when they took out Fran Kurniawan-Shendy Puspa Irawati after a titanic battle in the semi-finals.
The Indonesians suffered a devastating loss in the opening game before coming back strongly in the second but the Thais were not to be denied and eventually ran out 21-8, 13-21, 21-16 winners after a 48-minute contest.
There was joy some joy for Indonesia as Muhammad Rijal-Debby Susanto upset fourth seeded Indians V. Diju-Jwala Gutta 21-15, 21-12 in 28 minutes and will now face the Thais for the gold medal.
Diju-Jwala’s loss meant India will only have Sourabh Varma as their sole representative in Sunday’s finals.
The men’s singles shuttler upset 16th seed Suppanyu Avihingsanon 26-24, 21-13 to stand a chance of winning the main prize.
He however, will have to get the better of former world and Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat, who has the perfect opportunity to win his first title for more than a year.
The Indonesian defeated Hong Kong’s Wong Wing Ki 21-16, 15-21, 21-18 in 70 minutes.
The women’s singles final will see an all-Thai affair with three-time world junior champion Inthanon Ratchanok taking on Porntip Buranaprasertsuk. Inthanon defeated Chan Tsz Ka 21-16, 21-15 while Porntip edged Eriko Hirose 22-20, 21-15.
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