Tang Jie-Wen Tse aim better show in last stint at home meet
Tang Jie-Wen Tse made it into the last four in Taipei before going down to Indonesia's eventual champions Jafar Hidayatullah-Felisha Pasaribu.
The pair will combine one last time in the home tourney before Tang Jie will reunite with Toh Ee Wei.
The 27-year-old will be keen to enjoy a memorable final outing with Wen Tse, 19, especially in front of the passionate home fans.
Tang Jie reached the semi-finals with Ee Wei in last year's edition before going down to fellow Malaysians Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie, who went on to lift the title.
Solid form: Loh Kean Yew beat Chou Tien-chen for the men's singles title.
Meanwhile, Singapore's 2021 world champion Loh Kean Yew captured the men's singles title in the Taiwan tourney after a hard fought 21-14, 15-21, 22-20 victory over home favourite Chou Tien-chen in Taipei yesterday.
It was Kean Yew's first title this year while Tien-chen narrowly missed out on winning his home event for the fifth time after emerging champion in 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2022.
FINAL RESULTS
Men's singles: Loh Kean Yew (Sin) bt Chou Tien-chen (Tpe) 21-14, 15-21, 22-20.
Men's doubles: Wang Chi-lin-Chiu Hsiang-chieh (Tpe) bt Kang Min-hyuk-Ki Dong-ju (Kor) 21-18, 21-15.
Women's singles: Tomoka Miyazaki (Jpn) bt Pitchamon Opatniputh (Tha) 21-12, 20-22, 21-14.
Women's doubles: Hsieh Pei-shan-Hung En-tzu (Tpe) bt Mizuki Otake-Miyu Takahashi (Jpn) 21-14, 21-15.
Mixed doubles: Jafar Hidayatullah-Felisha Pasaribu (Ina) bt Dejan Ferdinansyah-Siti Fadia Ramadhanti (Ina) 18-21, 21-13, 21-17.
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