Eight’s Great! – Finals: YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open 2018
A record eighth HSBC BWF World Tour title by Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo highlighted the finals of the YONEX-SUNRISE Hong Kong Open 2018 today.
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Bringing the curtains down on another riveting day of action at the Hong Kong Coliseum, the livewire Indonesians crushed archrivals, Takeshi Kamura/Keigo Sonoda, in anticlimactic straight games to surpass their haul of seven titles in a season achieved last year and equalled last week when they conquered the Men’s Doubles field in the Fuzhou China Open 2018. In humbling the No.4 seeds, 21-13 21-12, the world No.1 pair thwarted Japan’s quest to become the first nation to win four titles at any World Tour event.
“I’m very happy with our performance. We played really well today and put the opponent under pressure. It was a very good match for us,” declared 27-year-old Gideon.
Meanwhile, Sukamuljo said he never thought about establishing a new season record regarding the number of tournaments won. He just tried his best in every event.