Top seeds live up to billing

Posted by Lucas Liau News 12:57 AM

Chong Wei's 21-19, 21-8 victory over six-time Indonesia Open winner Taufik Hidayat marked the Malaysian's fourth Super Series title in 2010 after wins at the season opening Korea Open, Malaysia Open and All England Championships.
For Saina, the win capped a memorable three-week outing that saw her winning the India Open Grand Prix Gold, Singapore Open and now the Indonesia Open. The Indian beat Japan's Sayaka Sato in three-game battle - 21-19, 13-21, 21-11.
The fans came to see Taufik create local history by winning his seventh Indonesia Open title and were treated to some amazing badminton in the first game.
The match was evenly balanced with both players showing the will to attack and defend as well. A disputed line call at 18-17 against Chong Wei was quickly forgotten as the Malaysian showed composure to stay in the game and finally seal the win with a 21-19 scoreline.
In the second game, Taufik, visibly more tired, put up little resistance to allow Chong Wei clinch his third Indonesia Open title.
"The first game was the key and that is why I worked very hard to stay in the game," said Chong Wei.
"It was a gruelling game and I knew that if I won the first game, my chances will be better in the second. And my strategy paid off."
In the men's doubles, Chinese Taipei's Fang Chieh Min-Lee Sheng Mu also capped a memorable outing when they beat Korea's Cho Gun Woo-Kwon Goo Yi 21-16, 21-15 to claim their second Super Series title in as many weeks. The pair had won the Singapore Open last week.
South Korea, however, were avenged in the women's doubles when Kim Min Jung-Lee Hyo Jung beat Chinese Taipei's Cheng Wen Hsing-Chien Yu Chin 21-12, 12-21, 21-11 make amends for their Singapore Open loss. The Koreans lost in the Singapore Open final.
Poland's Robert mateusiak-Nadiezda Zieba claimed the mixed doubles title when they beat the Indonesia-Russia combination of Hendra Setiawan-Anastasia Russkikh 21-18, 22-20.