Candra, Sigit take China title

Candra, Sigit take China title

JAKARTA: Veteran men's doubles pair Candra Wijaya and Sigit Budiarto took their fourth title of the year and second successive China Open on Sunday.

The top ranked pair defeated old rivals and world number twos Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard Hanseon on Sunday in a tightly contest 17-16, 11-15, 15-13 final in Guangzhou.

The third game was particularly tense as the score was tied 11-11, 12-12 and 13-13, before the Indonesia duo pulled ahead for a dramatic 15-13 victory, Antara news service reported.

Candra, 30, and Sigit, who turns 30 on Nov. 24, also took the Swiss Open, Malaysia Open and Singapore Open this year. They were runners-up in the World Championships in Anaheim in August. -- JP