Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Fight Back To Clinch Arctic Open Crown

KUALA LUMPUR, Professional men's doubles pair Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani delivered a stellar performance to clinch their third title of the year by winning the Arctic Open 2024 in Vantaa, Finland, today.In the final at the Energia Areena, Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin came from a game down to dash Danes Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen's hopes of defending their title in the Super 500 tournament.After a sluggish start saw them lose the first game 15-21 to the Danes, the world number eight Malaysians regained their composure to force a decider with a 21-15 win in the second game.In the final game, the Malaysians trailed by four points at 7-11 before staging a remarkable comeback to level the scores at 16-16 before Sze Fei's fiery smash ultimately wrapped up the tie at 21-19 for their fifth World Tour title.Today's victory also allowed them to complete a full set of titles across all four World Tour levels (Super 300, Super 500, Super 750 and Super 1000).Today's win enabled them to take home US$33,180 (about RM142,192) while the Danes pocketed US$15,960 (about RM68,396).Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin won the Japan Open in August and the China Open last month.Meanwhile, there was no double joy for Malaysia after the country's top women's doubles pair, Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah, missed the opportunity to secure their second title of the year.Seeded third, Pearly-Thinaah fell to reigning champions and top seeds Liu Sheng Shu-Tan Ning from China, 12-21, 17-21, in a match that lasted three-minutes shy of the hour mark.With this win, Sheng Su-Tan Ning were able to exact revenge after going down to Pearly-Thinaah in last month's 2024 Hong Kong Open final, losing 14-21, 14-21.Sheng Shu-Tan Ning walked away with US$33,180 (about RM142,192) while the Malaysians earned US$15,960 (about RM68,396), as runner-up.Source: BERNAMA News Agency