Luluk, Alven take Korea Open title

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.