KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 — National men’s doubles Goh Sze Fei – Nur Izzuddin Rumsani continued their successful run into the quarter-finals at the Korea Open 2023 today.
The pair, who were just crowned US Open 2023 champions on Sunday (July 16), stopped compatriots and sixth seeds Ong Yew Sin – Teo Ee Yi 25 – 23, 21 – 15 in the second round at Jinnam Stadium, South Korea.
However, the big test for the 46th-ranked pair in the quarter-finals is top seeds Fajar Alfian – Muhammad Rian Ardianto of Indonesia, who defeated Taiwanese duo Lu Ching Yao – Yang Po Han 21 – 19, 21 – 15.
Accompanying Goh – Nur Izzuddin into the quarter-finals is national men’s singles Ng Tze Yong, who easily beat Hong Kong’s Angus Ng Ka Long 21 – 18, 21 – 17.
Ng will be facing fourth seed Loh Kean Yew of Singapore, who advanced with a 21 – 19, 17 – 21, 21 – 6 elimination of China’s Zhao Junpeng.
In the meantime, four other national representatives were shown the exit by their respective opponents in the second round.
National women’s singles S. Kisona was forced to struggle before losing in a three-set battle 22 – 20, 14 – 21, 14 – 21 at the hands of tournament top seed from Japan, Akane Yamaguchi, while the national women’s doubles Pearly Tan – M. Thinaah suffered the same fate at the hands of Chinese pair Chen Qing Chen – Jia Yi Fan 17 – 21, 21 – 17, 19 – 21.
The national mixed doubles pair Tan Kian Meng – Lai Pei Jing lost in straight sets 9 – 21, 7 – 21 to the second seeds from Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh-Sapsiree Taerattanachai, while another mixed doubles, Goh Soon Huat – Shevon Jemie Lai went down to the Japanese pair. Hiroki Midorikawa – Natsu Saito 17 – 21, 13 – 21.
— Bernama
