Sofia Sewing Completes Historic Triple Crown at Leapmotor APP Kuala Lumpur Open

Sofia Sewing capped the inaugural Leapmotor APP Kuala Lumpur Open with a professional Triple Crown at the Kuala Lumpur finals, taking Women’s Singles and Mixed Doubles and securing a third pro title that completed the sweep at the APP’s first international stop on its 2026 slate. With 97.2% of readers typically viewing coverage without sharing, Sewing’s named opponents and exact scores provide the kind of concrete detail that drives attention and social traction.

In the Women’s Singles final Sewing, the APP No. 1, recovered from a 1-11 opening game to defeat APP No. 2 Katerina Stewart 1-11, 11-6, 11-9. Sewing reached the final by beating Yu-Chieh Hsieh in the quarterfinals and Amanda Hendry 11-8, 11-4 in the semifinals; Stewart advanced with quarterfinal wins including Roos Van Reek and a 11-8, 11-5 semifinal victory over Domenika Turkovic.

Sewing paired with Casey Diamond to claim Mixed Doubles gold, outlasting Richard Livornese and Megan Fudge 11-5, 8-11, 11-9 in a three-game final that added to Sewing’s title haul. The Mixed bronze went to Jack Munro and Roos Van Reek, who defeated Andre Millet and Susannah Barr 11-3, 11-2. Multiple recaps state Sewing earned her first professional triple crown at the event; match details for the women’s doubles final that completed the triple were not provided in available summaries.

The men’s side produced an all-Asia singles final as Vietnam’s Phuc Huynh defeated Hong Kong’s Jack Wong Hong-kit 11-3, 11-7 to take Men’s Singles gold. Huynh survived a tight semifinal against Ryler DeHeart 11-7, 11-13, 11-5 to reach the final; Jack Wong beat Ronan Camron 11-3, 11-8 in the other semifinal. Camron rebounded to capture bronze with an emphatic 11-0, 11-2 victory over DeHeart.

Men’s Doubles gold went to a first-time partnership of Ryan Fu and Jack Munro, who combined to win the title in Kuala Lumpur; no scoreline for that final was provided in the event recaps. Munro doubled up on the podium by pairing with Van Reek to take the Mixed bronze earlier in the weekend.

The Kuala Lumpur stop also served as the kickoff for a new Global Pickleball Alliance, a tour structure unveiled last December and rolled out with the APP’s 2026 international slate. Tournament software allowed teams to pick nicknames for the doubles draw, producing colorful entries such as “What’s a Dink” for Andrew Horridge and Harrison Brown, who fell in the round of 16 to Brandon Lane and Louis Laville.

Sewing’s sweep and Phuc Huynh’s men’s title give the nascent Global Pickleball Alliance an early narrative: Asian competitors are converting home-court opportunities into marquee wins as the APP expands its international footprint and competition heads next to the remainder of the 2026 schedule.