Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei turned in a devastating performance to win the Djarum Indonesia Open for the third consecutive year, and fouth overall, on Sunday.
The Malaysian No. 1 thus emulated Indonesians Ardy Wiranata (1990, 1991, 1992) and Taufik Hidayat (2002, 2003, 2004) as the only players to win the men's singles crown three consecutive times. Chong Wei also won this event in 2007, but skipped the 2008 tournament.
Facing Danish veteran Peter Gade, who reached his first ever Indonesia Open final after 15 years of trying, Chong Wei blew away the former world No. 1 21-11, 21-7 in only 31 minutes. A deflated Gade, whose best achievement prior to this year, was reaching the semi-finals 15 years ago, said: "I could do nothing against Chong Wei today. His variation of shots and speed were just tremendous. I had no answer. He was just too good for me."
Chong Wei, entered the final as the firm favorite after beating Gade 12 times in their previous 13 meetings. In their last meeting a month ago, Gade managed to stretch Chong Wei to three games before losing the Yonex Sunrise India Open Superseries in three-games. There was no such repeat on Sunday as the Malaysian, who has earned the moniker 'King of the Superseries' strolled to his record 19 OSIM BWF World Superseries crown since 2007.
With six of this year's OSIM BWF World Superseries tournaments already completed, Chong Wei has four wins and one runner-up spot. He skipped last week's Singapore Open but is on course to break his record of six Superseries titles in one season which he set last year.
"Rarely do you see Peter give up. It was a rare occasion to see him do so today," said Chong Wei, who collected US$45,000 for winning his sixth title of the year. "I have so much respect for him as a fighter on the court. He never gives up whatever the score. I played confidently and wasn't affected at all by the spectators. We've played against each other 14 times so I knew how he would play his game."
Source : Badminton World Federation
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