KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 — Professional mixed doubles players Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie created an upset at the 2024 China Open when they knocked out the home team’s world number two Jiang Zhen Bang-Wei Ya Xin today.
In the match at the Changzhou Olympic Games Center, the married couple defeated their opponents in straight sets 23-21, 21-16 in an action that lasted for 34 minutes.
Awaiting them in the semi-finals is another host pair, Cheng Xing-Zhang Chi, who advanced after defeating Japanese duo Hiroki Midorikawa-Natsu Saito 21-15, 21-19.
“I think the court conditions today have given us some benefits because the wind is quite strong in the arena.
“So I think that has given us a little more edge to control the match,” said Shevon in the audio shared by the Badminton World Federation.
Also advancing to the semi-finals tomorrow is national professional men’s doubles pair Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani, who defeated fellow countrymen Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun.
The seventh seeds of the tournament had no problem defeating their opponents after recording a 21-19, 21-18 win.
Waiting for them in the semi-finals is the Indonesian duo Shohibul Fikri-Daniel Marthin who defeated Danish representatives Rasmus Kjaer-Frederik Sogaard 21-19, 21-19.
Meanwhile, another national mixed doubles pair, Hoo Pang Ron-Cheng Su Yin, failed to advance to the semi-finals after losing to their Indonesian opponents Dejan Ferdinansyah-Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja 14-21, 9-21.
In this regard, national professional men’s doubles pair Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi also stormed into the semi-finals after defeating Indonesian duo Fajar Alfian-Muhammad Rian Ardianto 14-21, 21-17, 21-14 in their quarter-final encounter.
Ong-Teo will either meet host pair He Ji Ting-Ren Xiang Yu or Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen of Denmark next.
— Bernama
