KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — And then, there was only one.
National mixed doubles pair Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing are the only Malaysians left in the 2019 Malaysian Open Badminton Championships when they marched into tomorrow’s semi-finals.
World No. 38 Kian Meng-Pei Jing came back from a game down to beat Indonesia’s Tontowi Ahmad-Winny Oktavina Kandow 17-21, 21-16, 21-16 in the quarter-finals at the Axiata Arena in Bukit Jalil here today.
The Malaysian pair will face world No. 2 Wang Yilyu-Huang Dongping of China in the last four.
The Chinese pair had earlier disposed of national professional mixed doubles pair of Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying 21-19, 16-21, 27-25 in the last eight. — Bernama
