# Malaysians looking for their first international title
# A giant step towards Rio Olympics
By Rizal Abdullah
Malaysia’s No 1 men’s doubles pair Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong tightened their grip on securing the Rio Olympics ticket when they marched into the semi-finals in the USD300,000 Yonex Sunrise Indian Open Superseries in New Delhi on Friday.
The Malaysian’s came back from a set down to pull off a stunning 19-21, 21-16, 21-13 win over fourth seeds Mads Conrad Petersen-Mads Pieler Kolding in 58 minutes.
For a place in Sunday’s final the Malaysians will face Indonesia’s Gideon Markus Fernaldi-Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo. The Indonesians defeated Taiwan’s Chen Hung-ling-Wang Chi-lin 21-11, 21-17 in their quarter-final match.
The Malaysian pair who are the Commonwealth Games champions have a good chance to reach the final as they have beaten the Indonesians last year.
However, V Shem-Wee Kiong have never been consistent. This was reflected when they reached the semi-finals in the All-England Open SuperSeries Premier but fell in the second round in the Swiss Open Grand Prix Open a week later.
Another seeded pair to get booted was second seeds Kim Gi-jung-Kim Sa-rang of Korea who lost to seventh seeds Angga Pratama-Ricky Karanda Suwardi of Indonesia. The Indonesians won 15-21, 21-17, 21-19.
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Quarter-final results (Selected)
Men’s singles
Viktor Axelsen (Den) beat Wei Nan (Hkg) 21-17, 21-12
Son Wan-ho (Kor) beat Tommy Sugiarto (Ina) 21-11, 13-21, 21-8
Xue Song (Chn) beat Marc Zwiebler (Ger) 16-21, 21-13, 21-14
Kento Momota (Jpn) beat Hans Kristian-Vittinghus 21-8, 21-9
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Men’s doubles
Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong (Mas) beat Mads Conrad Petersen-Mads Pieler Kolding (Den) 19-21, 21-16, 21-13
Gideon Markus Fernaldi-Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Ina) beat Chen Hung-ling-Wang Chi-lin (Tpe) 21-11, 21-17
Ko Sung-hyun-Shin Baek-cheol (Kor) beat Lee Sheng-mu-Tsai Chia-hsin (Tpe) 18-21, 21-15, 21-19
Angga Pratama-Ricky Karanda Suwardi (Ina) beat Kim Gi-jung-Kim Sa-rang (Kor) 15-21, 21-17, 21-19
