Indonesia Open: Who Dares Wins
China nearly swept the board for the second straight week, taking four of the five titles at the KAPAL API Indonesia Open 2024.
· DEV SUKUMAR
Their success in Jakarta followed similar returns from the Singapore Open the previous week, which showed that the team’s preparations for the Olympics were running on well-greased rails.
Everything went to plan for the Chinese, and even Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan, the only Chinese to finish runners-up, were not particularly upset – Jia Yi Fan said they couldn’t offer much of a challenge to Baek Ha Na/Lee So Hee as she was carrying a minor injury. Baek/Lee thus won their second Super 1000 tournament of the season, following their success at the YONEX All England.
Particularly satisfying for the Chinese must have been Chen Yu Fei’s comeback win over An Se Young, a week after the Korean had outplayed her in Singapore.