Koo-Tan to face formidable South Korean pair in quarter-finals at China Open
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s top men’s doubles pair of Koo Kien
Keat-Tan Boon Heong have had an easy ride, by their standard, so far.
But today, all that’s about to change as they face their first real
challenge in the China Open in Shanghai.
Yesterday, the duo hardly broke sweat as they brushed aside China’s Lu Kai-Li Gen 21-12, 21-16 en route to the quarter-finals, which will see them facing the formidable South Korean pair of Ko Sung-hyun-Yoo Yeon-seong.
Ironically, the Malaysians have not beaten the Korean pair in their last two meetings this year.
Second seeds Kien Keat-Boon Heong are the only Malaysian pair left in the men’s doubles after the two back-up pairs – Chan Peng Soon-Lim Khim Wah and Teo Kok Siang-Goh Wei Shem – were bundled out in the second round yesterday.
Not easy: Koo Kien Keat (left) and Tan Boon Heong beat China’s Lu Kai-Li Gen 21-12, 21- 16 to enter the quarter-finals.
Peng
Soon-Khim Wah went down 16-21, 15-21 to Taiwan’s Fang Chieh-min-Lee
Sheng-mu while Kok Siang-Wei Shen gave a good fight in the second game
before bowing out 8-21, 16-21 to South Koreans Lee Yong-dae-Jung
Jae-sung.
National coach Rosman Razak has warned Kien Keat-Boon Heong to brace themselves for a tough time against the feisty Koreans today.
“It has been smooth sailing for Koo-Tan so far. They have not been tested by their younger opponents from China in the first two rounds,” said Rosman in a telephone interview.
“Tomorrow (today), the Koreans will have the psychological edge as they have beaten the Malaysians before. But Koo-Tan are in good form and I hope they will prevail against the expected strong assault from the Koreans.”
If the Malaysians win, they will play the winner of the match between Yong-dae-Jae-sung and world champions Cai Yun-Fu Haifeng of China.
Malaysia challenge in the mixed doubles has also been reduced to one pair, with Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying marching into the quarter-finals with a 21-13, 21-18 win over Liao Min-chun-Chen Hsiao-huan of Taiwan.
They will take on Thailand’s Sudket Prapakamol-T. Saralee for a place in the semi-final.
The Thais survived a nail-biting opening game to end the gallant run of Commonwealth Games gold medallists Kien Keat-Chin Eei Hui with a 21-19, 21-10 win.
There was double disappointment for Eei Hui when she also lost in the women’s doubles with Liu Ying.
The duo went down 7-21, 22-20, 12-21 to top seeds Cheng Weng-hsing-Chien Yu-chin of Taiwan.
Results
MEN’S SINGLES
First round: Chen Jin (Chn) bt Chong Wei Feng 21-11, 21-11; Shon Wan-ho (Kor) bt Hsuan Yi-hsueh (Tpe) 11-21, 21-15, 21-15; Chan Yan Kit (Hkg) bt Chen Hsiao-huan (Tpe) 21-11, 21-12; Lin Dan (Chn) bt Zhou Wenlong (Chn) 21-17, 21-16; Hsieh Yu-hsing (Tpe) bt Christian Lind Thomsen (Den) 18-21, 21--3, 21-15.
Second round: Yu Li (Chn) bt Lee Hyun-il (Kor) 21-14, 21-7; Bao Chunlai (Chn) bt Bin Qiao (Chn) 21-11, 21-15; Du Pengyu (Chn) bt Hu Yun (Hkg) 21-17, 21-12; Jan O Jorgensen (Den) bt Chan Yan Kit (Hkg) 21-15, 19-21, 21-16; Sheng Zhang (Chn) bt Nguyen Tien Minh (Vie) 13-21, 21-12, 21-17; Chen Jin (Chn) bt Hsieh Yu-hsing (Tpe) 21-8, 18-21, 21-16; Chen Long (Chn) bt Park Sung-hwan (Kor) 21-12, 21-16; Lin Dan (Chn) bt Shon Wan-ho (Kor) 21-9, 21-12.
MEN’S DOUBLES
First round: Goh Wei Shem-Teo Kok Siang bt Ruud Bosch-Koen Ridder (Ned) 21-8, 21-10; Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong bt Pei Pei Tianyi-Wang Tianyang (Chn) 21-13, 21-16; Lu Kai-Li Gen (Chn) bt Alistair Casey-Mathew Fogarty (Sco-US) 21-11, 21-10.
Second round: Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen (Den) bt A. Songphon-Sudket Prapakamol (Tha) 21-4, 21-9; Fang Chieh-min-Lee Sheng-mu (Tpe) bt Chan Peng Soon-Lim Khim Wah (Mas) 21-16, 21-15; Chao Biao-Zhang Nan (Chn) 21-17, 21-16; Guo Zhengdong-Xu Chen (Chn) bt Hong Wei-Shen Ye (Chn) 21-15, 21-17; Cai Yun-Fu Haifeng (Chn) bt Robert Blair-Flandi Limpele (Eng-Ina) 21-11, 21-13; Lee Yong-dae-Jung Jae-sung (Kor) bt Goh Wei Shem-Teo Kok Siang (Mas) 21-8, 21-16; Ko Sung-hyun-Yoo Yeon-seong (Kor) bt He Hanbin-Tao Jiaming (Chn) 21-19, 21-15; Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong (Mas) bt Lu Kai-Li Gen (Chn) 21-12, 21-16.
Matches involving Malaysians in other events
Women’s doubles: Cheng Weng-hsing-Chien Yu-chin (Tpe) bt Chin Eei Hui-Goh Liu Ying 21-7, 20-22, 21-12.
Mixed doubles: Sudket Prapakamol-T. Saralee (Tha) bt Koo Kien Keat-Chin Eei Hui 21-19, 21-10; Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying bt Liao Min-chun-Chen Hsiao-huan (Tpe) 21-13, 21-18.
Yesterday, the duo hardly broke sweat as they brushed aside China’s Lu Kai-Li Gen 21-12, 21-16 en route to the quarter-finals, which will see them facing the formidable South Korean pair of Ko Sung-hyun-Yoo Yeon-seong.
Ironically, the Malaysians have not beaten the Korean pair in their last two meetings this year.
Second seeds Kien Keat-Boon Heong are the only Malaysian pair left in the men’s doubles after the two back-up pairs – Chan Peng Soon-Lim Khim Wah and Teo Kok Siang-Goh Wei Shem – were bundled out in the second round yesterday.
Not easy: Koo Kien Keat (left) and Tan Boon Heong beat China’s Lu Kai-Li Gen 21-12, 21- 16 to enter the quarter-finals. National coach Rosman Razak has warned Kien Keat-Boon Heong to brace themselves for a tough time against the feisty Koreans today.
“It has been smooth sailing for Koo-Tan so far. They have not been tested by their younger opponents from China in the first two rounds,” said Rosman in a telephone interview.
“Tomorrow (today), the Koreans will have the psychological edge as they have beaten the Malaysians before. But Koo-Tan are in good form and I hope they will prevail against the expected strong assault from the Koreans.”
If the Malaysians win, they will play the winner of the match between Yong-dae-Jae-sung and world champions Cai Yun-Fu Haifeng of China.
Malaysia challenge in the mixed doubles has also been reduced to one pair, with Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying marching into the quarter-finals with a 21-13, 21-18 win over Liao Min-chun-Chen Hsiao-huan of Taiwan.
They will take on Thailand’s Sudket Prapakamol-T. Saralee for a place in the semi-final.
The Thais survived a nail-biting opening game to end the gallant run of Commonwealth Games gold medallists Kien Keat-Chin Eei Hui with a 21-19, 21-10 win.
There was double disappointment for Eei Hui when she also lost in the women’s doubles with Liu Ying.
The duo went down 7-21, 22-20, 12-21 to top seeds Cheng Weng-hsing-Chien Yu-chin of Taiwan.
Results
MEN’S SINGLES
First round: Chen Jin (Chn) bt Chong Wei Feng 21-11, 21-11; Shon Wan-ho (Kor) bt Hsuan Yi-hsueh (Tpe) 11-21, 21-15, 21-15; Chan Yan Kit (Hkg) bt Chen Hsiao-huan (Tpe) 21-11, 21-12; Lin Dan (Chn) bt Zhou Wenlong (Chn) 21-17, 21-16; Hsieh Yu-hsing (Tpe) bt Christian Lind Thomsen (Den) 18-21, 21--3, 21-15.
Second round: Yu Li (Chn) bt Lee Hyun-il (Kor) 21-14, 21-7; Bao Chunlai (Chn) bt Bin Qiao (Chn) 21-11, 21-15; Du Pengyu (Chn) bt Hu Yun (Hkg) 21-17, 21-12; Jan O Jorgensen (Den) bt Chan Yan Kit (Hkg) 21-15, 19-21, 21-16; Sheng Zhang (Chn) bt Nguyen Tien Minh (Vie) 13-21, 21-12, 21-17; Chen Jin (Chn) bt Hsieh Yu-hsing (Tpe) 21-8, 18-21, 21-16; Chen Long (Chn) bt Park Sung-hwan (Kor) 21-12, 21-16; Lin Dan (Chn) bt Shon Wan-ho (Kor) 21-9, 21-12.
MEN’S DOUBLES
First round: Goh Wei Shem-Teo Kok Siang bt Ruud Bosch-Koen Ridder (Ned) 21-8, 21-10; Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong bt Pei Pei Tianyi-Wang Tianyang (Chn) 21-13, 21-16; Lu Kai-Li Gen (Chn) bt Alistair Casey-Mathew Fogarty (Sco-US) 21-11, 21-10.
Second round: Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen (Den) bt A. Songphon-Sudket Prapakamol (Tha) 21-4, 21-9; Fang Chieh-min-Lee Sheng-mu (Tpe) bt Chan Peng Soon-Lim Khim Wah (Mas) 21-16, 21-15; Chao Biao-Zhang Nan (Chn) 21-17, 21-16; Guo Zhengdong-Xu Chen (Chn) bt Hong Wei-Shen Ye (Chn) 21-15, 21-17; Cai Yun-Fu Haifeng (Chn) bt Robert Blair-Flandi Limpele (Eng-Ina) 21-11, 21-13; Lee Yong-dae-Jung Jae-sung (Kor) bt Goh Wei Shem-Teo Kok Siang (Mas) 21-8, 21-16; Ko Sung-hyun-Yoo Yeon-seong (Kor) bt He Hanbin-Tao Jiaming (Chn) 21-19, 21-15; Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong (Mas) bt Lu Kai-Li Gen (Chn) 21-12, 21-16.
Matches involving Malaysians in other events
Women’s doubles: Cheng Weng-hsing-Chien Yu-chin (Tpe) bt Chin Eei Hui-Goh Liu Ying 21-7, 20-22, 21-12.
Mixed doubles: Sudket Prapakamol-T. Saralee (Tha) bt Koo Kien Keat-Chin Eei Hui 21-19, 21-10; Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying bt Liao Min-chun-Chen Hsiao-huan (Tpe) 21-13, 21-18.
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