Malaysia settled for two silver medals at the Japan Open after Pearly Tan-M.Thinaah and Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin both lost in the men's and women's doubles final on Sunday.
Defending champions Goh-Izzuddin lost 16-21, 17-21 against South Korea's Seo Seung-jae-Kim Won-ho, who will also replace them as the number one pair on the world rankings.
Seo-Kim claimed the first game after an explosive start which saw them controlling the match from the first serve.
Goh-Izzuddin started the second game much better, but the top seeds lost their grip midway through and the South Koreans fired in seven straight points to make it 19-14 which paved the way for the 21-17 win.
Despite losing out on their title defence, the Malaysians will look back at this tournament as a progress in the right direction after reaching their second final of the year.
In the women's doubles, Pearly Tan-M.Thinaah lost in straight games 15-21, 14-21 against Chinese pair Tan Ning-Liu Sheng Shu.
The world number one and top seeds were simply a class above the Malaysians, who also lost to them at the Indonesia Open final last month.
Nonetheless Tan-Thinaah will take plenty of positives from this Super 750 event, having reached the final and also beating world number two pair Nami Matsuyama-Chiharu Shida in the semis.
Defending champions Goh-Izzuddin lost 16-21, 17-21 against South Korea's Seo Seung-jae-Kim Won-ho, who will also replace them as the number one pair on the world rankings.
Seo-Kim claimed the first game after an explosive start which saw them controlling the match from the first serve.
Goh-Izzuddin started the second game much better, but the top seeds lost their grip midway through and the South Koreans fired in seven straight points to make it 19-14 which paved the way for the 21-17 win.
Despite losing out on their title defence, the Malaysians will look back at this tournament as a progress in the right direction after reaching their second final of the year.
In the women's doubles, Pearly Tan-M.Thinaah lost in straight games 15-21, 14-21 against Chinese pair Tan Ning-Liu Sheng Shu.
The world number one and top seeds were simply a class above the Malaysians, who also lost to them at the Indonesia Open final last month.
Nonetheless Tan-Thinaah will take plenty of positives from this Super 750 event, having reached the final and also beating world number two pair Nami Matsuyama-Chiharu Shida in the semis.
