Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho (both Samsung Life Insurance), the world's top-ranked men's doubles badminton pair, opened their Indonesia Open campaign with a comfortable victory.
The Seo-Kim duo defeated Taiwan's Wang Chi-lin and Chiu Hsiang-chieh (ranked 13th) 2-0 (21-18, 21-10) in the round of 32 of the men's doubles event at the 2026 Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 1000 Indonesia Open, held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Tuesday local time.
The tournament is one of only four major events held each season and is part of the Super 1000 series, the top tier of BWF World Tour competitions.
Having already won this season's Malaysia Open in January and the All England Open in March—both Super 1000 tournaments—Seo and Kim are aiming for their third top-tier title of the season.
In the opening game, the Korean pair led 10-4 early on but faced a comeback threat. With the score tied at 15-15, they reeled off five consecutive points to seize the momentum.
The duo carried that momentum into the second game. After the early stages, they never allowed their opponents to draw level, closing out the game 21-10 to wrap up the match.
Seo and Kim had ridden a 19-match winning streak, claiming titles at every international tournament they entered this season excluding team events. That run ended at their previous tournament, the Singapore Open, where they fell 0-2 (19-21, 18-21) to world No. 4 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty of India in the semifinals, settling for third place.
