ALVIN Morada and Christian Bernardo captured the 31st Iran Fajr International Challenge men’s doubles title after beating Indonesia’s Raymond Indra and Daniel Edgar Marvino, 21-16, 21-17, at the Iran Badminton Federation Sports Hall in Tehran over the weekend.
The Badminton World Federation International Challenge championship is the pair’s first of the year following their success last year when they won two titles and booked two runners-up finishes.
Morada and Bernardo won $1,200 and collected 4000 points in the BWF World Rankings.
Morada, who finished runner-up with Aries Delos Santos in the 2015 edition of the tournament, and Bernardo needed to pull themselves from a 15-all deadlock in the first game with five consecutive points to take the 1-0 lead.
The Filipinos were threatened at 6-5 but went on to contron the second game.
Morada and Bernardo booked beat another Indonesian pair Teges Satriaji Cahyo Hutomo and Christopher David Wijaya, 21-14, 23-21, in the semifinal.