Malaysia have two mixed doubles pairs in the quarter-finals in the USD600,000 Victor Korea Open Super Series after the completion of the second round matches in Seoul on Thursday.
Unseeded Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie, who won the silver in last month’s Sea Games in Kuala Lumpur, reached their first Super Series quarter-finals since coming together 10 months ago.
Ranked No 18, Soon Huat-Shevon Lai knocked out their better known compatriots and sixth seeds Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing, ranked No 9 in a 71-minute battle to prevail 24-26, 21-18, 21-18.
The Malaysians will now face surprise quarter-finalist Marvin Emil Seidel-Lind Efler of Germany for a place in the last four. The Germans, promoted from the qualifying rounds overcame Japan’s Kenta Kazuro-Ayane Kurihara 21-19, 21-17.
Chan Peng Soon-Cheah Yee See, ranked No 80 upset England’s husband and wife team, second seeds Chris Adcock and Gabrielle Adcock 16-21, 21-18, 21-16 in a three-set thriller that lasted 71 minutes.
Their opponents in Friday’s quarter-finals are homesters Seo Seung-jae-Kim Ha-na who defeated Hong Kong’s Tang Chun Man-Tse Ying Suet 12-21, 21-18, 24-22.
However, it was the end of Malaysia’s campaign in the men’s doubles when Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi went down 16-21, 20-22 to Indonesians second seeds Marcus Fernaldi Gideon-Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo.
The newly formed women’s doubles pair of Soong Fie Cho-Tee Jing Yi also failed to make the last eight – losing 7-21, 17-21 to China’s Huang Yaqiong-Yu Xiaohan in their second round match. – BY RIZAL ABDULLAH
SECOND ROUND RESULTS (SELECTED)
Men’s singles
Son Wan-ho (Kor) beat P. Kashyap (Ind) 21-16, 17-21, 21-16
Sameer Verman (Ind) beat Vincent Wong Wing Ki (Hkg) 21-19, 21-13
Kenta Nishimoto (Jpn) beat Brice Leverdez (Fra) 21-=19, 21-13
Anthony Ginting (Ina) beat Angus Ng Ka Long (Hkg) 21-18, 21-18
Jonatan Christie (Ina) beat Ygor Coelho (Bra) 21-16, 21-14
Hans Kristian Vittinghus (Den) beat Pannavit Thongnuam (Tha) 16-21, 21-16, 22-20
Wang Tze Wei (Tpe) beat B. Sai Praneeth (Ind) 21-13, 26-24
Kazumasa Sakai (Jpn) beat Anders Antonsen (Den) 9-21, 21-16, 21-6
Men’s doubles
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon-Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Ina) beat Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi (Mas) 21-16, 22-20
Takeshi Kamura-Keigo Sonoda (Jpn) Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Den) 14-21, 21-19, 21-13
Women’s singles
Minatsu Mitani (Jpn) beat Tai Tzu Ying (Tpe) 23-21. 14-21, 21-18
Nozomi Okuhara (Jpn) beat Sayaka Sato (Jpn) 21-16, 21-13
He Bingjiao (Chn) beat Lee Jang-mi (Kor) 21-17, 21-16
Sung Ji-hyun (Kor) beat Kim Hyo-min (Kor) 21-7, 21-13
P.V. Sindhu (Ind) beat Nitchaon Jindapol (Tha) 22-20, 21-17
Yip Pui Ying (Hkg) beat Gregoria Mariska (Ina) 21-16, 21-14
Women’s doubles
Huang Yaqiong-Yu Xiaohan (Chn) beat Soong Fie Cho-Tee Jing Yu (Mas) 21-7, 21-17
Misaki Matsutomo-Ayaka Takahashi (Jpn) beat Baek Ha-na-Lee Yu-rim (Kor) 21-14, 21-15
Kim Hye-rin-Yoo Hee-won (Kor) beat Shiho Tanaka-Koharu Yonemoto (Jpn) 24-22, 22-20
Mixed doubles
Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie (Mas) beat Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing (Mas) 24-26, 21-18, 21-18
Soo Seung-jae-Kim Ha-na (Kor) beat Tang Chun Man-Tse Ying Suet (Hkg) 12-21, 21-18, 24-22
Chang Peng Soon-Cheah Yee See (Mas) beat Chris Adcock-Gabrielle Adcock (Eng) 16-21, 21-18, 21-16
Marvin Emil Seidel-Lind Elfer (Ger) beat Kenta Kazuno-Ayane Kurihara (Jpn) 21-19, 21-17
