KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 — Japan's top mixed doubles pair, Yuta Watanabe-Arisa Higashino, kicked off the new season with a bang as they landed their maiden Malaysia Open title today, a year after they emerged as runners-up.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13 — World number two Yuta Watanabe-Arisa Higashino of Japan are fired up to end their winless streak against South Korea’s Kim Won Ho-Jeong Na Eun and lift their first Malaysia Open mixed doubles title in tomorrow's final.