Singapore Open: Near-Perfect Day for China
Pocketing four of the five titles on offer, China matched their incredible efforts from 13 years ago at KFF Singapore Open 2024 on Sunday.
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Having done it in 2011, they became the first nation to complete a quadruple twice in the Open era (starting 1980) at the tournament. Indonesia, in 1997, were the only other country to pull it off.
On-song men’s pair He Ji Ting/Ren Xiang Yu outgunned seventh seeds Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto in straight games (21-19 21-14) to round an almost perfect day for the Chinese started by Zheng Si Wei/Huang Ya Qiong’s 21-11 21-19 win over surprise finalists Yang Po-Hsuan/Hu Ling Fang.
He/Ren’s first Super 750 title comes weeks after they delivered China the winning point in the 3-1 Thomas Cup final victory, also against Indonesia, in Chengdu.