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Kai Wun aiming high after sweet double

Shuttler Tee Kai Wun is aiming high after a sweet double at the Spanish International on Saturday.

The 21-year-old first combined with Teoh Mei Xing to stun third seeds Callum Hemming-Jessica Pugh of England 21-15, 13-21, 21-19 for the mixed doubles title.

It was an outstanding finish as neither Kai Wun nor Mei Xing specialises in mixed doubles and are competing as a pair for the first time.

Kai Wun returned to the court later and partnered Man Wei Chong to clinch the men's doubles title.

Kai Wun-Wei Chong, the World No 270, were on song as they downed French pair Lucas Corvee-Ronan Labar 21-15, 21-18, marking their second career title after the Polish Open in March.

Kai Wun hopes his success would be the perfect springboard as he aims to close the gap to his seniors.

"I am happy and excited to win two titles this week, especially since winning the men's doubles event was our target," said Kai Wun.

"To be honest, I am more of a men's doubles player, and I do not focus on mixed doubles. My success in the mixed doubles here was quite a bonus.

"Mei Xing and I hardly train together. This is only our first tournament together, and our opponents were quite strong.

"My target now is to improve on my men's doubles ranking with Wei Chong.

"We want to play in Super 500 events and try to get into the world's top 64 as fast as we can.

"To do that, we need to take our chances and deliver results whenever we can."

Kai Wun's success marked a highly successful campaign for the national contingent as they finished with three titles.

Women's singles shuttler S. Kisona was the other victor of the week as she defeated teammate Goh Jin Wei 21-14, 21-19 in an all-Malaysian final.

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