Dennehy, Townsend Stun No. 1 Seeds, Then Fall to Truong-Irvine in KL Cup Final
Andrew LeeSahra Dennehy and Danni-Elle Townsend walked into their Women's Doubles semifinal at the PPA Asia 1000 Leapmotor Kuala Lumpur Cup 2026 facing the tournament's own No. 1 seeds. They needed a genuine upset just to keep their week alive.
They got it. On 12 Sep, the Australian pair beat Lacy Schneemann and Brooke Buckner 11-5, 7-11, 11-7 to book a place in Sunday's final, a result thepicklebase's own coverage called a stun on the spot.
A Final Set Up by Two Upsets
Their opponents in the final had a smoother path there. Alix Truong and Jessie Irvine won their own semifinal in straight games, 11-5, 11-5, over Chao Yi Wang and Ting Chieh Wei, setting up a Women's Doubles final between two very different roads to the same match.
The final, played on Championship Court on 13 Sep, did not go Dennehy and Townsend's way. Truong and Irvine dropped the opening game 5-11 before answering with 11-5 and 11-6 to take the title 5-11, 11-5, 11-6, their first gold together at this event.
A Real Result, Even Without the Trophy
Dennehy and Townsend leave Kuala Lumpur as runners up, a finish built on one of the tournament's cleaner upsets days earlier. Beating a No. 1 seed anywhere in a PPA Asia 1000 draw is a genuine result on its own, and it is the kind of run that tends to show up again in seeding conversations at the next stop.
This article is based on social media posts and historical data tracked by Pickle361.
