In an all-Malaysian final, the 21-year-old beat senior and former national teammate Soong Joo Ven 21-18, 21-14 in 50 minutes to clinch his third crown of the year.

Tze Yong, who made his Thomas Cup debut last month at Aarhus, Denmark, had also won the 2019 South Australia International, 2021 Polish Open and 2021 Belgian Open.

The world No 62 will next play in the Welsh International, where he will open his campaign against Subhankar Dey of India on Thursday.

“Last night’s match was tough because we knew each other’s game as we trained together for a year. It was a matter of who performed better in the final. I will give my best at the Welsh International to try and end the year with another title,” he said in a video shared by the Badminton Association of Malaysia.

Malaysia’s two other finalists had to settle for second best.

In the men’s doubles final, Wan Arif Wan Junaidi-Haikal Nazri went down to Christopher Grimley-Matthew Grimley of Scotland 22-20, 21-16.

In the women’s doubles, Anna Ching-Teoh Mei Xing lost 21-14, 21-12 to top seeds Rachel Honderich-Kisten Tsai of Canada.