Tardio, Irvine claim double gold at PPA Asia 1000 KL Cup
KUALA LUMPUR: Gabriel Tardio and Jessie Irvine claimed double gold medals as five champions were crowned at the PPA Asia 1000 Leapmotor Kuala Lumpur Cup 2026.
KUALA LUMPUR: Gabriel Tardio and Jessie Irvine secured double gold medals at the PPA Asia 1000 Leapmotor Kuala Lumpur Cup 2026. The pair dominated the mixed doubles title, overcoming a 2-7 deficit in the final to defeat Danni-Elle Townsend and Joey Wild 5-11, 11-3, 12-10. Irvine then teamed up with Tardio to clinch gold in the men's doubles, defeating Augustus Ge and Len Yang 11-9, 11-4.
Tardio claimed two titles on his Malaysian debut, while Irvine completed her double in the women's doubles with Alix Truong, defeating Sahra Dennehy and Townsend 5-11, 11-5, 11-6. In men's singles, 15-year-old Tama Shimabukuro outperformed Khlif 11-8, 11-5 to win his second PPA Tour Asia singles title, previously earned at the Macao Open.
Khlif, despite missing out on a second title, secured men's doubles gold alongside Tardio. Kaitlyn Christian claimed the women's singles title after overcoming Brooke Buckner 9-11, 11-4, 11-5, marking her third consecutive win over Buckner. The PPA Tour Asia will now proceed to the Hang Seng Bank Hong Kong Slam, a PPA Asia 1500 event at Kai Tak Arena from Oct 19 to 25.
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