US Open: Moving Ahead as One
The restart couldn’t have been more perfect but Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin have already shifted their attention towards building on their YONEX US Open 2023 success.
· PREM KUMAR
The third-seeded Malaysians, reunited only a few weeks ago after splitting in January, aced their first assignment back in convincing fashion, dropping only one game en route to the title at the Mid America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
The happy ending was delivered in their trademark emphatic, heavy-hitting fashion against Chinese Taipei’s twin brothers – Fang-chih Lee/Fang-jen Lee – 21-9 21-10 in 30 minutes. It helped Malaysia taste men’s doubles glory again at the competition, 31 years after Cheah Soon Kit/Soo Beng Kiang won in 1992.
“Pretty good,” Goh responded when asked how it felt to win together once more.