And they did it in style by silencing the thunderous roar at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta this evening, defeating home pair Fajar Alfian-Muhammad Rian Ardianto 21-11, 21-19.

The Malaysian world No 13 pair took 37 minutes to overcome the 4th ranked Indonesians for the historic win.

It was also their first victory against Fajar-Muhammad Rian in five encounters.

Wei Chong-Kai Wun pocketed US$37,525 (RM164,759) for winning the BWF Super 500 series tournament.

The Malaysians have won four BWF World Tour titles and were runners-up four times in their career so far.

Earlier, the home crowd endured another disappointment when men’s singles player Jonatan Christie went down in a three-game battle lasting 77 minutes against Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the final.