HYLO Open: Four Years of Hard Work Rewarded
Although their wait for a title kept getting longer with each tournament, Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet never took their foot off the pedal in training.
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That perseverance was rewarded on Sunday in Saarbrucken at the HYLO Open 2023, where they defeated Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto/Lisa Ayu Kusumawati in the final to pick up their first winners' medal since the 2019 Korea Masters.
Post-Gwangju, it would take Tang/Tse another two years to reappear in a final, which they lost at Indonesia Masters 2021 three months after falling in the Tokyo 2020 bronze medal playoff.
Tang says not dropping the intensity during practice despite the lack of success was the reason for their recent good form, which saw them finish runners-up at the Hong Kong Open in September and the French Open just a week earlier.