Luluk, Alven take Korea Open title

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Indonesian pair Luluk Hadiyanto and Alven Yulianto won the title in the Korea Open tournament after they upset seventh seeds Sang Yang/Zheng Bo of China 15-12, 15-12 in the men's doubles final on Sunday.

The unseeded Luluk/Alven needed 45 minutes to beat the Chinese pair, who had earlier bested another Indonesian double and sixth seeds, Flandy Limpele/Eng Hian 15-10, 15-8 in Saturday's semifinals.

In the men's singles final, third seed Xia Xuanze of China beat compatriot top seed Chen Hong 15-13, 15-4 to take the title, the tournament website reported.

Chinese shuttlers continued dominating the championships as Xia's compatriot, third seed Zhang Ning outplayed eighth seed host Jun Jae-youn 11-6, 11-5 in the women's singles final.

Earlier, Zhang conquered top seed Gong Ruina of China 11-7, 11-3 within only 17 minutes in the semifinals.

The Chinese also took the women's doubles title when second seeds Yang Wei/Zhang Jiewen triumphed over host players and third seeds Ra Kyung-min/Lee Kyung-won 15-8, 9-15, 15-6 in one hour 32 minutes.

The host players have to be content with only one title in the mixed doubles, as top seeds Kim Dong-moon/Ra Kyung-min overwhelmed second seeds Kim Yong-hyun/Lee Hyo-jung 15-5, 15-11 in an all-Korea final.