KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — Professional men’s doubles pair Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani delivered a stellar performance to clinch their third title of the year by winning the Arctic Open in Vantaa, Finland, today.
In the final at the Energia Areena, Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin came from a game down to dash Danes Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen’s hopes of defending their title in the Super 500 tournament.
After a sluggish start, where they lost the first game 15-21 to the Danes, the world number eight Malaysians regained their composure to force a decider with a 21-15 win in the second game.
In the final game, the Malaysians trailed by four points at 7-11 before staging a remarkable comeback to level the scores at 16-16 before Sze Fei’s fiery smash ultimately wrapped up the tie at 21-19 for their fifth World Tour title.
Today’s victory also allowed them to complete a full set of titles across all four World Tour levels (Super 300, Super 500, Super 750 and Super 1000).
The win let them take home US$33,180 (RM142,192) while the Danes pocketed US$15,960.
Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin won the Japan Open in August and the China Open last month.
Meanwhile, there was no double joy for Malaysia after the country’s top women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah missed their opportunity to secure a second title this year.
Third-seeded Pearly-Thinaah fell to reigning champions and top seeds Liu Sheng Shu-Tan Ning from China 12-21, 17-21 in just 57 minutes.
With this win, Sheng Su-Tan Ning were able to exact revenge after going down to Pearly-Thinaah in last month’s 2024 Hong Kong Open final, losing 14-21, 14-21.
Sheng Shu-Tan Ning walked away with US$33,180 (RM142,192) while the Malaysians earned US$15,960 as runners-up.
— Bernama
