PETALING JAYA: Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying proved that the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) have made the wrong decision by excluding them from the Sudirman Cup squad when they reached the semi-finals of the New Zealand Open. They are now just two wins away from adding a second title to their Thailand Open victory earlier in January. Peng Soon-Liu Ying are the sole survivors in the event after another Sudirman Cup-bound pair Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie were sent packing by Indonesia’s Praveen Jordan-Melati Daeva Oktavianti. Women’s singles: Akane Yamaguchi (Jpn) bt Greogoria Mariska Tunjung (Ina) 21-14, 21-15; Li Xuerui (Chn) bt Sayaka Takahashi (Jpn) 21-10, 21-18; An Se-young (Kor) bt Zhang Beiwen (US) 17-21, 21-13, 21-16; Aya Ohori (Jpn) bt Wang Zhiyi (Chn) 21-16, 21-23, 21-12. Women’s doubles: Yuki Fukushima-Sayaka Hirota (Jpn) bt Du Yue-Li Yinhui (Chn) 21-18, 21-14; Kim So-yeong-Kong Hee-yong (Kor) bt Mayu Matsumoto-Wakana Nagahara (Jpn) 11-21, 21-14, 21-15; Dong Wenjing-Feng Xueying (Chn) bt Chen Xiaofei-Zhou Chaomin (Chn) 15-21 21-19 21-13; Misaki Matsutomo-Ayaka Takahashi (Jpn) bt Sayaka Hobara-Natsuki Sone (Jpn) 21-19, 21-16.

Source: The Star May 03, 2019 23:37 UTC