{"id":16101,"date":"2023-01-15T16:36:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T08:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16101"},"modified":"2023-01-15T16:36:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T08:36:04","slug":"si-wei-ya-qiong-bag-fourth-consecutive-malaysia-open-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16101","title":{"rendered":"Si Wei-Ya Qiong bag fourth consecutive Malaysia Open title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15<\/strong> — The Axiata Arena continues to be world number one Zheng Si Wei-Huang Ya Qiong\u2019s\u00a0happy hunting ground as the China pair romped to their fourth straight mixed doubles title in the 2023 Malaysia Open badminton championships today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2020 Tokyo Olympic silver medallists needed just 44 minutes to down world number four Yuta Watanabe-Arisa Higashino of Japan 21-19, 21-11 in the final to add to their victories in 2018, 2019 and 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tournament was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The 28-year-old Ya Qiong, who could barely contain her excitement after winning the 2023 season-opener, is determined to do better than or at least equal last year\u2019s feat of winning 10 titles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYuta-Arisa are not an easy pair, so we played with more patience in the second game. I hope after this, we can be more consistent (to win more tournaments). I must admit that communication with Si Wei is vital,\u201d she said through a translator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Si Wei, 25, said the victory had boosted their confidence to do well in the 2023 India Open, which begins on Tuesday (Jan 17). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NMT<\/a> as reported by Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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