 They took the gold medal in the men's doubles after defeating Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China 12–21, 21–11, 21–16, thus more than avenging their loss to that team in the 2007 China Masters event.In September 2008, Setiawan teamed with Kido to win the 2008 China Masters Superseries after beating the Chinese pair of Sun Junjie and Xu Chen in the final round.In October, they won the Denmark Open Superseries after beating another Chinese pair, Fu Haifeng and Shen Ye in a straight set final.