Malaysia’s women’s doubles pair of Chow Mei Kuan-Lee Meng Yean marched into the semi-finals in the Syed Modi International Badminton Championships in Lucknow, India on Friday.
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The Malaysians outplayed Indonesia’s Yulfira Barkah-Jauza Fadhila Sugiarto 21-15, 21-15 in 42 minutes in the USD150,000 tournament.
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Another Indonesian hurdle awaits Mei Kuan-Meng Yean for a place in Sunday’s final. The third-seeded Malaysians will meet seeded Indonesia’s Della Destiara Haris-Rizki Amelia Pradipta.
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Della-Raizki defeated China’s Chen lu-Xu Ya of China 21-15, 21-2 in 36 minutes. The Chinese had defeated Malaysia’s Vivian Hoo-Yap Cheng Weng 21-15, 24-26, 21-9 for a place in the quarter-finals.
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Vivian hoo-Cheng Weng recently won the Macau Open. – BY RIZAL ABDULLAH