Joining The Chinese Pair, Indonesian Men's Doubles Champion Of The Malaysia Open 2023
JAKARTA Indonesian men's doubles, Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto won the Malaysia Open 2023 badminton tournament. Fajar/Rian beat China's doubles, Liang Wei Licing/Wang Chang at Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur on Sunday 15 January 2023.
The men's doubles final match between Indonesia's doubles against China was exciting. Fajar/Rian won the first game with the numbers 21-18.
However, this advantage was followed by the Liang/Wang pair, who ended Fajar/Rian's resistance in the second game with the same score, 21-18.
The third game was exciting, with the two partners following each other's points. The numbers were tight, but then Fajar/Rian accelerated by leaving Liang/Wang until 15-9.
The Chinese doubles did not give up and continued to try to catch up. After chasing up to 11-15, Fajar's smash made Indonesia get 16-11 again. The Indonesian pair again got additional points after Rian's smash failed to be returned perfectly by China, 17-11.
After that the position was not overtaken. Fajar/Rian continued to control the match, until they ended the men's doubles final with a score of 21-13. The success of Fajar/Rian in winning the men's doubles was the only title that Indonesia won in the Malaysia Open 2023 tournament.
"This is a title for all. For Indonesia. Thank you for supporting," said Fajar Alfian, after winning the Malaysia Open 2023.