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No Senayan heroics for Wei Chong-Kai Wun this time
KUALA LUMPUR: Men's doubles Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun's heroics at the Istora Senayan were not enough this time.
They fell 21-18, 12-21, 21-18 in the Indonesia Open semi-finals to homesters Sabar Karyaman-Moh Reza Isfahani, the world No. 8, on Saturday.
The world No. 7 Malaysian pair lost narrowly in an hour. Wei Chong-Kai Wun had beaten Sabar-Reza at the same stage at the iconic venue last year.
And in January, Wei Chong-Kai Wun hit a high to capture the Indonesia Masters at Istora Senayan.
Despite the setback this time, Wei Chong-Kai Wun have really done well this season as they have also won the Malaysia Masters last month, upstaging their illustrious compatriots Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik.
At the sidelines, Sabar-Reza's coach, Hendra Setiawan, got the better of his former mentor Herry IP, who is currently Malaysia's men's doubles chief.
Under Herry, Hendra won the 2008 Olympic gold with Markis Kido and secured multiple world titles with Mohammad Ahsan. After the match, Herry hugged and congratulated Hendra as well as Sabar and Reza who had also trained under him.
Meanwhile women's doubles world No. 4 Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah ensured Malaysia a representative in the final as they will play China's world No. 1 Liu Sheng Shu-Tan Ning for the title on Sunday.
