Congratulations to
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo for such an unbelievable run of victories since the start of the All-England SSP 2017!
When I saw the draw for the Malaysia SSP, I thought it will be
a super tough route to the title, with an "easy" match only in the opening round against WR18 Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi.. Subsequently, they had to beat WR23 Liu Cheng/Zhang Nan (who are trying to qualify for the World Championships 2017) in R16, another rematch against the towering WR1 Li Junhui/Liu Yuchen in the QF, took revenge against the pair that last beat them (in December 2016) WR5 Takeshi Kamura/Keigo Sonoda in the SF, and finally took on the unranked new pairing of Fu Haifeng/Zheng Siwei. Fu Haifeng himself is a two-times Olympics Gold Medallist, while Zheng Siwei is another rising star and current WR1 in XD.
I personally thought a QF finish and a defeat against Li/Liu would not be a bad result this week. But the "minions" have proven me and everyone else wrong by clinching
their 3rd consecutive titles in 2017 (after the All-England SSP & India SS titles earlier). They are still unbeaten in 2017 and they have already won
6 SS/SSP titles (including
3 SSP titles, with only the home-title Indonesia Open SSP left to win to complete the set of SSP titles). Another
2 GP/GPG titles in Chinese-Taipei & Malaysia Masters, and
the SEA Games Team Gold (won in 2015) complete their collection.
Given the current health condition of both players (both are still feeling not well), I would think it is wise for Ko Herry IP (the MD Chief Coach who was with them in All-England and Malaysia SSP) to withdraw them from the upcoming SIngapore Open SS and rest for 2 weeks, before flying off for the Badminton Asia Championships 2017 (Individual Event) at the end of the month.
I also think that the run of wins will stop and I prefer for the defeat to come sooner than later

It's better
to focus and win on the bigger titles left in 2017. The targets for this year will include:
1. Helping Team INA to at least the SF of the Sudirman Cup 2017 (May)
2. Winning the Indonesia Open SSP 2017 (June)
3. Winning the World Championships 2017 in Glasgow (August)
4. Winning the BWF World Super Series Finals 2017 (December)
If they can win the other SS titles that they have not won (especially European titles), it will be a bonus!