# Iskandar beats Daren Liew for a place in the quarter-finals
# Ho Yen Mei also in quarter-finals in women’s singles
# Malaysia have two pairs in mixed doubles quarter-finals
# But double blow for Malaysian pairs in women’s doubles
Malaysia will have two pairs in the mixed doubles fighting for a place in the semi-finals in the USD200,000 Yonex Taiwan Open Grand Prix Gold in Taipeh but it was the end of Malaysia’s campaign in the women’s doubles.
Top seeds in the mixed doubles Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying moved into the quarter-finals with a 21-15, 21-17 win over Indonesia’s Alfian Eko Prasetya-Annisa Saufika in 33 minutes in a second round match.
The world No 11 who will carry Malaysia’s challenge in the mixed doubles in the Rio Olympics in August will face China’s fifth seeds Zheng Siwei-Cheng Qingchen in the quarter-finals.
Equally impressive were Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing who have shown some impressive results since coming back together recently. The Malaysians ranked No 44 in the world battled for 52 minutes in their 21-18, 14-21, 21-15 win over Taiwan’s Wang Chi Lin-Cheng Chi Ya.
The unseeded Malaysians, however, face a tough quarter-final match against Hong Kong’s second seeds Reginald Lee Chun Hei-Chau Hoi Wah of Hong Kong – 21-12, 21-9 winners over China’s Li Junhui- Zhong Qianxin.
National champion and 13th seed Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin is also through to the quarter-finals when he defeated his former national teammate Daren Liew 23-21, 19-21, 23-21 in a tightly fought third round match which lasted a 73 minutes.
It was Iskandar’s first win over Daren. He will now meet Thai challenger Khosit Phetpradap for a place in the last four – something which is within his reach against the the World No 87.
In the men’s doubles national number one Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong, seeded No 2 in Taipeh, overcame compatriots Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi 21-19, 21-18 to reach the quarter-finals. Their next opponents are China’s fifth seeds Huang Kaixiang-Zheng Siwei. The Chinese beat Taiwan’s Su Cheng Heng-Yang Po Hsuan 22-20, 21-17.
Both the Malaysian pairs in the women failed to make the quarter-finals. Fourth seeds Vivian Hoo-Woon Khe Wei, once again showed their inconsistency when they fell to a 21-17, 14-21, 14-21 defeat to Thailand’s Chaladcham Chayanit-Phataimas Muenwong in 58 minutes.
Chow Mei Kuan-Lee Meng Yean were also shown the exit after going down 10-21, 11-21 to in 34 minutes to Korea’s Go Ah-ra-Kong Hee-yong.
But Ho Yen Mei kept her challenge alive in the women’s singles after a three-set battle against Korea’s Lee Jang-mi before prevailing 21-18, 8-21, 21-18 in 57 minutes.
Her reward is a quarter-final clash against home favourite and second seed Tai Tzu Ying who stopped China’s Gao Fangjie 21-15, 21-11.
RESULTS Thursday June 30
Men’s singles (Third Round)
Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin (Mas) beat Daren Liew (Mas) 23-21, 19-21, 23-21
Vincent Wong Wing Ki (Hkg) beat Tian Houwei (Chn) 21-18, 21-10
Khosit Phetpradab (Tha) beat Vladimir Malkov (Rus) 7-21, 21-16, 21-10
Wei Nan (Hkg) beat Shi Yuqi (Chn) 21-19, 6-21, 21-19
Chou Tien Chen (Tpe) beat Boonsak Polsana (Tha) 21-16, 21-11
Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (Tha) beat Hsueh Hsuan Yi (Tpe) 12-21, 21-17, 21-14
Qiao Bin (Chn) beat Angus Ng Ka Long (Hkg) 21-12, 21-10
Lin Yu Hsien (Tpe) beat Yang Chih Chieh (Tpe) 18-21, 21-14, 21-17
Men’s Doubles (Second Round)
Lee Sheng Mu- Tsai Chia Hsin (Tpe) beat Wahyu Nayaka Arya Pankaryanira-Hafiz Faisal (Ina) 21-13, 25-13
Fajar Alfian-Muhammad Rian Ardianto (Ina) beat Liao Min Chun-Tseng Min Hao (Tpe) 21-17, 21-19
Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong (Mas) beat Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi (Mas) 21-19, 21-18
Bodin Issara-Nipitphon Puangphuapet Beat Hoon Thien How-Teo Kok Siang (Mas) 21-15, 19-21, 21-16
Li Junhiu-Liu Yuchen (Chn) beat Lim Khim Wah-Ong Jian Guo (Mas) 21-17, 21-19
Huang Kaixaing-Zheng Siwei (Chn) beat Su Cheng Heng-Yang Po Hsuan (Tpe) 22-20, 21-17
Hardianto Hardianto-Kenas Adi Haryanto (Ina) beat Liu Wei Chen-Yang Po Han (Tpe) 21-13. 21-19
Chen Hung Ling-Wang Chi-lin (Tpe) beat Choi Solgyu-Kim Jae-hwan (Kor) 22-20, 21-18
Women’s singles (Second Round)
Wang Shixian (Chn) beat Kim Na-young (Kor) 21-11, 19-21, 21-12
Nitchaon Jindapol (Tha) beat Dinar Dyah Ayustine (Ina) 21-12, 21-10
Pornpawee Chochuwong (Tha) beat Pai Yu Po (Tpe) 14-21, 22-20, 21-18
Sun Yu (Chn) beat Hana Ramadhini (Ina) 21-5, 21-6
Chen Yufei (Chn) beat Busanan Ongbumrungphan (Tha) 21-18, 21-18
Ho Yen Mei (Mas) beat Lee Jang-mi (Kor) 21-18, 8-21, 21-18
He Bingjao (Chn) beat Yip Pui Yin (Hkg) 19-21, 21-18, 21-14
Tai Tzu Ying (Tpe) beat Gao Fangjie (Chn) 2-15, 21-11
Women’s doubles (Second Round)
Go Ah-ra-Kong Hee-yong (Kor) beat Chow Mei Kuan-Lee Meng Yean (Mas) 21-10, 21-11
Chaladchalam Chayanit-Phataimas Muenwong (Tha) beat Vivian Hoo-Woon Khe Wei (Mas) 17-21, 21-14, 21-14
Chen Szu Yu-Lin Tsun Yu (Tpe) beat Hu Ling Fang-Lee Chih Chieh (Tpe) 21-14, 21-13
Huang Dongping-Zhong Qianxin (Chn) beat Jongkholphan Kititharakul-Rawinda Prajongjai (Tha) 21-17, 21-19
Chen Qingchen-Jia Yifan (Chn) beat Della Destiara Haris-Rosyita Eka Putri Sari (Ina) 21-11, 21-9
Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah-Rizki Amelia Pradipta (Ina) beat Ng Tsz Yau-Yeung Nga Ting (Hkg) 22-20, 21-17
Mixed Doubles (Second Round)
Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying (Mas) beat Alfian Eko Prasetya-Annisa Saufika (Ina) 21-15, 21-17
Lee Jhe-huei-Hsieh Pei Chen (Tpe) Bae Kwon-young-Yoo Hae-won (Kor) 21-14, 21-16
Kim Dae-eun-Goh Ah-ra (Kor) beat Lin Chia Yu-Zhong Qianxin (Chn) 21-11, 21-19
Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing (Mas) beat Wang Chi Lin-Cheng Chi Ya (Tpe) 21-18, 14-21, 21-15
Hafiz Faisal-Shella Devi Aulia (Ina) beat Roland Alexander-Melati Daeva Oktaviani (Ina) 10-21, 21-17, 21-13
Zheng Siwei-Chen Qingchen (Chn) beat Yang Po Han-Yang Ching Tun (Tpe) 21-10, 21-13
Reginald Lee Chun Hei-Chau Hoi Wah (Hkg) beat Li Junhui-Zhang Qianxin (Chn)21-12, 21-9
Riky Widianto-Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja (Ina) beat Chen Hung Ling=Ling Fang Hu (Tpe) 21-10, 21-11
