Malaysia’s flag is still flying in the USD600,000 Victor Korea Open at the SK Handball Stadium in Seoul – thanks to privateers Chooi Kah Ming-Low Juan Shen in the men’s doubles.
The former Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) players marched into the semi-finals on a day when national players Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik in the men’s doubles and Chow Mei Kuan-Lee Meng Yean in the women’s doubles fell by the wayside in the quarter-finals.
Kah Ming-Juan Shen, who upset seventh seeds Liao Min-chun-Su Ching-heng of Chinese Taipei in the second round, continued their winning ways in a 51-minute three-game thriller, prevailing 21-19, 14-21, 21-15 against Thailand’s Kittinupong Kedren-Dechapol Puavaranukroh.
In the semi-finals, Kah Ming-Juan Shen will face Japan’s eighth seeds Hiroyuki Endo-Yuta Watanabe of Japan who ousted Aaron Chia-Wooi Yikin in straight games 22-20, 21-14 in 42 minutes.
In the women’s doubles, Mei Kuan-Meng Yean went out to top seeds Yuki Fukushima-Sayaka Hirota of Japan 13-21, 14-21 in a 37-minute encounter. RIZAL ABDULLAH
