Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying are one step away from winning the Australian Open mixed doubles after snatching a 21-16, 25-23 win in 58 minutes over China’s Wang Zekang-Li Yinhui in the semi-finals at the Quat Centre Olympic Park in Sydney on Saturday.
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In the final on Sunday the Rio Olympics silver medallists, seeded seventh, will face a scratch South Korean pair Seo Seung-jae-Chae Yu-jung. The fifth seeds defeated compatriots Choi Solgyu-Kim Ha-na 21-16, 21-15.
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The Malaysians, who won the Thailand Masters in January, have been on a roll in Australia and their fine run in Sydney. In the quarter-finals on Friday defeated Indonesians Yantoni Edy Saputra-Marsheilla Gischa Islami 21-3, 21-10.
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RESULTS (All semi-Finals)Â
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Men
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Singles
Zhou Zeqi (Chn) beat Lee Cheuk Yiu (Hkg) 21-14, 21-15
Lu Guangzu (Chn) bet Zhao Junpeng (Chn) 12-21, 21-19, 21-15
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Doubles
Berry Angriawan-Hardianto Hardianto (Ina) beat Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy (Ind) 21-17, 21-15
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Wahyu Nayaka Pangkaryanira-Ade Yusuf Santoso (Ina) beat Keiichiro Matsui-Yoshinori Takeuchi (Jpn) 21-17, 21-11
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Women
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Singles
Cai Yanyan (Chn) beat Cheung Nagn Yi (Hkg) 21-19, 21-11
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Ayumi Mine (Jpn) beat Minatsu Mitani (Jpn) 21-17, 21-17
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Doubles
Ayako Sakuramoto-Yukiko Takahata (Jpn) beat Chae Yu-jung-Kim Hye-jeong (Kor) 21-18, 21-16
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Baek Ha-na-Lee Yu-rim (Kor) beat Misato Aratama-Akane Watanabe (Jpn) 21-16, 21-17
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Mixed doubles
Chang Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying (Mas) beat Wang Zekang-Li Yinhui (Chn) 21-16, 25-23
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Seo Seung-jae-Chae Yujung (Kor) beat Choi Solgyu-Kim Ha-na (Kor) 21-16, 21-12