March 31, 2017

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KUALA LUMPUR: Two of Malaysia's top pairs, Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong and Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying, lived up to their billing when they marched into the quarter-finals of the India Open in New Delhi on Thursday.

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V Shem-Wee Kiong, the former men's doubles world No 1, scored a comfortable 21-10, 21-17 win over the mixed combination of Indonesia's Hendra Setiawan and Malaysia's Tan Boon Heong in the second round at the Siri Fort Indoor Stadium.

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The 2016 Rio Olympic Games silver medallists will square off against fifth seeds Li Junhui-Liu Yuchen of China next, for a place in the last four.

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In the mixed doubles, Peng Soon-Liu Ying booked a date with South Korea's Kim Gi Jung-Shin Seung Chan, following their 21-11, 21-19 second round win over Indonesia's Edi Subaktiar-Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja.

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Peng Soon, when contacted said: "It will all boil down to who plays the better game on court.

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"If we can focus more on our performance rather than the result, then the game is ours.

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"Communication is the other important key to success. Hopefully, we get to do well again."

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Earlier this month, the national No 1 pair came agonisingly close to clinching their maiden Premier crown on the Super Series circuit at the All England, but fell short to China's Lu Kai-Huang.

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New Straits Times

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