6 Peng Soon-Liu Ying failed to equal their semi-final feat in 2013 after securing only a win in three matches to finish third in Group B. “We can see that the mixed doubles game is changing now as the women shuttlers in the mixed doubles combinations hold the key, they are more powerful,” stressed Cheh Chang. SEMI-FINAL RESULTSMen’s singles: Kento Momota (Jpn) bt Son Wan-ho (Kor) 21-14, 21-12; Shi Yuqi (Chn) bt Sameer Verma (Ind) 12-21, 22-20, 21-17. Women’s singles: Nozomi Okuhara (Jpn) bt Akane Yamaguchi (Jpn) 21-17, 21-14; P.V. Mixed doubles: Zheng Siwei-Huang Yaqiong (Chn) bt Dechapol Puavaranukroh-Sapsiree Taerattanachai (Tha) 19-21, 21-14, 21-12; Wang Yilyu-Huang Dongping (Chn) bt Yuta Watanabe-Arisa Higashino (Jpn) 21-9, 19-21, 21-13.

Source: The Star December 16, 2018 00:11 UTC