Indonesians rule National Open badminton doubles

Indonesians Marissa Vita and Keshya Hanadia held off Alyssa Leonardo and Thea Pomar to hack out a 21-11, 23-21 win in the women’s doubles event of the Bingo Bonanza National Open badminton tournament at Glorietta 5 Atrium in Makati City late Sunday.

Vita and Hanadia, who booted out top seed Jessie Francisco and Eleanor Inlayo in the quarterfinals, pocketed P120,000.

Vita earlier teamed up with local ace Ronel Estanislao to rule the mixed doubles, 21-17, 21-15, over second-seed pair Alvin Morada and Alyssa Leonardo.

Peter Magnaye and Paul Vivas, the former Swiss Juniors champions, used their power game to dominate top seeds Joper Escueta and Ronel Estanislao, 21-16, 21-18, and seize the men’s doubles diadem.

Sixteen-year-olds Sarah Joy Barredo and Mark Alcala took the singles titles.