(Blibli Indonesia Open) At Last, Zheng/Huang’s First Indonesian Open Title in Istora

Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong (China) the champion of the Mixed Doubles Event of Blibli Indonesia Open 2019.
Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong (China) the champion of the Mixed Doubles Event of Blibli Indonesia Open2019.
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Jakarta | The Mixed Doubles pair from China, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong finally reaches the highest Podium of Blibli Indonesia Open 2019 BWF World Tour Super 1000 after grabbing a victory in a two-set match of 21-13, 21-18 against their own compatriot, Wang Yi Lu/Huang Dong Ping that was held in Istora Senayan, Jakarta on Monday (21/7), in less than 31 minutes.

This is the first Indonesian Open title for Zheng/Huang in their career as a pair. “Very happy, the result and the performance were all in line with our expectation. We played very well today, and our preparation before this match has been well too,” said Zheng Siwei after the match.

“Certainly I’m very happy, this year alone we came to Indonesia twice and won two different title here,” said Huang Yaqiong.

Furthermore, Zheng claims that as Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir is no longer playing in Blibli Indonesia Open 2019 BWF World Tour Super 1000, the pair’s chance to win the title in this tournament gets bigger.

“Certainly, with Tontowi/Liliyana is no longer in the tournament, our chance to be the champion gets bigger. This is because, somehow, Tontowi/Liliyana always plays well whenever they play in Istora. So, this is a good chance for us,” said Zheng.

“The win and the title are really important to us. As we have never won it here before, during Indonesia Open. On top of that, we also have a target to secure all the possible titles in the BWF World Tour series,” he added.

In contrast, Wang Yi Lu/Huang Dong Ping claims that they feel very disappointed about their performance in the final round of Blibli Indonesia Open 2019 BWF World Tour Super 1000.

“Today we played badly. Actually there were no significant difficulties in the match today. A loss is a common thing in a match. What disappoint us today is that we didn’t prepare well for the match. Everything that we have hoped since the beginning didn’t work out well,” said Wang Yu Lu.