Sze Fei-Izzuddin go down fighting in BAC final

 

Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani managed to stretch the Chinese pair to a rubber game in today’s Badminton Asia Championships final in Ningbo, China. (Bernama pic)

KUALA LUMPUR: National men’s doubles pair Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani gave it their all but still fell 17-21, 21-15, 10-21 to world No 3 pair Liang Wei Keng-Wang Chang in the Badminton Asia Championships (BAC) 2024 finals in Ningbo, China today.

The unseeded Sze Fei-Izzuddin, however, can hold their heads high after a fighting performance lasting 64 minutes against the home pair at the Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium.

Sze Fei-Izzuddin began the game aggressively but it was the Chinese pair who clinched the first game.

Undeterred, the Malaysian pair found their rhythm, which saw them dispatch world champions Kang Min Hyuk-Seo Seung Jae of South Korea in the first round and compatriots Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik in the semi-finals, to take the second game and force a decider.

However, in the rubber game, 2022 German Open champions Wei Keng-Wang Chang turned on the style with a high-intensity game as the Malaysian pair’s game took a nosedive to allow the Chinese pair to romp home to victory in front of a raucous home crowd.

Malaysia last won the men’s doubles title in the BAC when Choong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah defeated teammates Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong 21-14, 11-21, 21-12 in the 2007 edition in Johor Bahru. - FMT