“We are relieved to finally put an end to our title drought. I feel content now having won an Indonesia Open trophy,” Liliyana, widely known as Butet, said after the match.

Liliyana hung tough throughout the competition, fighting on with a thigh injury. The pair also came out on top at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Liliyana and Tontowi were awarded US$79,000 as the first-prize winner.

The world number three in men’s doubles, Chinese Li Jun Hui and Liu Yuchen, beat Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen 21-19, 19-21, 21-18 in the final round.

The Boe/Mogensen pair gave their best throughout the games and always tried to catch up with their Chinese opponents. The Danes secured the second game but then lost the third with a twopoint gap.

Meanwhile, another Chinese pair Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan won the women’s doubles final after beating South Korean pair Chang Ye-na and Lee So-hee 2119, 15-21, 21-10.

India’s Kidambi Srikanth won the men’s singles final after beating Japan’s Kazumasa Sakai 2111, 21-19. Japan’s Sayaka Sato won the women’s singles final, beating world number five Sung Ji-hyun 21-13, 17-21, 21-14. This makes Sato the first Japanese women shuttler to win the Indonesia Open title.

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