Finally, another HKG SS title for Hendra Setiawan after his victory with Markis Kido in 2007 (7 years ago). I was there then (with Hau-Ge) to witness their impressive wins over Fu/Cai (in SF) and then over Tony/Candra in the Final. We even celebrated Kido/Hendra and Nova/Butet's victories with an excellent dinner, together with the INA players and coaches. That was indeed a memorable occasion!
So, 3rd title of the year for Hendra Setiawan/Mohd Ahsan, after their more important victories at the All-England and Asian Games Individual Event. They also managed to avenge their two losses to Liu/Qiu. Can they retain their BWF SS Finals title in Dubai this year?
The finalized MD line-up for Dubai will be (correct me if I am wrong):
KOR - Lee Yong Dae/Yoo Yeon Seong and Ko Sung Hyun/Shin Baek Cheol
CHN - Liu Xiaolong/Qiu Zihan and either Chai Biao/Hong Wei or Fu Haifeng/Zhang Nan (Chai/Hong are ranked higher though)
INA - Hendra Setiawan/Mohd Ahsan
TPE - Tsai Chia-Hsin/Lee Sheng-Mu
DEN - Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen
JPN - Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa