REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BIRMINGHAM -- Indonesia mixed doubles pair, Tantowi Ahmad (Towi) and Liliyana 'Butet' Natsir (Butet) won the three times in a row or a hattrick in All England tournament. Towi and Butet beated the number one players from China, Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei with 21-13 and 21-17.
Towi and Butet showed the resistance since the beginning of the first game though the Chinese pair attacked them. Zhang and Zhao continued to be attacked by Towi and Butet and pocketing scores, from 5-1, 9-5 and 11-7 in the second interval games.
Towi and Butet keep record excellence points, from 15-10 18-13, 20-15 and ended to 21-17 after Towi's smash and be the first winner. Towi and Butet immediately bowed down as they managed to make history by becoming the third time winner in a row at All England tournament.
They previously won 2012 and 2013 tournaments. They beated the same opponents with similar scores. Towi and Butet went directly to their trainers and hug them. Towi has showed three fingers showing the camera that he recorded hattrick in All England tournament.
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