Happy badminton wins it for Yuki and Mayu in Malaysia Open

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Experienced Japanese shuttlers Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto made great leap forward with their new partnership after winning their first title in their third BWF tournaments together.   They overcame China's Jia Yifan-Zhang Shuxian 17-21, 21-15, 21-15 in 95 minutes in the women's doubles final of the Malaysia Open on Sunday (Jan 12).  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:0010, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

00:14First of all, we thought it was a one-on-one match, so we didn't want Hikari to get injured.

00:40But now it's fun to be able to fight in one match, so I want to do my best to have as many matches as possible.

00:49Oh, I forgot.

00:52I forgot in 2017.

00:56But this time, I became a new partner, and I wanted the title, so I'm genuinely happy.

01:09We say it's a one-on-one match, so I want to enjoy each match and do my best not to get injured.

01:26First of all, I'm very happy to be able to play five games in Malaysia.

01:38I've learned a lot.

01:40I think this is a good way to solve our problems.

01:49I've found a lot of problems, so I'm going to try to solve them as soon as possible.

01:58At first, I didn't think I could win.

02:03I wanted to play one more game, and I played until the end.

02:09I was able to win, but I still have a lot of room for improvement.

02:19We haven't played together for a long time, so I think we still have a chance to win the championship.

02:27My legs are starting to cramp.

02:30I've been using all the rules to get myself back on track.

02:37I have the spirit, but I don't have the body.

02:42So I think I did better than I did before I lost.

02:45My endurance may have dropped.

02:47I need to improve my ability when I go back to school.

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