Alvin Morada and Christian Bernardo captured the 31st Iran Fajr International Challenge men’s doubles title, beating Indonesians Raymond Indra and Daniel Edgar Marvino, 21-16, 21-17, Sunday at the Iran Badminton Federation Sports Hall in Tehran.
The BWF International Challenge tournament is a fitting follow up to the duo’s success last year that saw them win two titles apart from posting two runners-up finishes.
Morada and Bernardo shared the $1,200 top prize on top of collecing 4,000 points for the BWF World Rankings.
Morada, who finished as a runner-up with Aries Delos Santos in the 2015 edition of the tournament, and Bernardo needed to push themselves from a 15-all deadlock in the first game with five consecutive points to take the 1-0 lead.
Morada and Bernardo booked themselves a place in the final after taking down another Indonesian pair in Teges Satriaji Cahyo Hutomo and Christopher David Wijaya, 21-14, 23-21, in the semifinal.
