Flying start for Goh-Shevon
Published on: Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Kuala Lumpur: National mixed doubles pair, Goh Soon Huat/Shevon Jemie Lai put up a smashing performance to book their place in the second round at the Indonesia Open Super Series Premier Badminton Tournament at the Jakarta Convention Centre, Tuesday.The unseeded pair pulled off a pleasant surprise by defeating eighth seeded Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Sapsiree Taerattanachai of Thailand winning in 21-16, 15-21 and 21-13 in the opening round of the US$1,000,000 (RM4.263 million) meet, according to Badminton World Federation (BWF) website www.bwfbadminton.com.Two other national mixed doubles pairs – Tan Kian Meng/Lai Pei Jing and Chan Peng Soon/Peck Yen Wei also cruised to the second round after edging their respective opponents.
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Tan/Lai defeated Taiwanese pair Lee Yang/Hsu Ya Ching 21-14 and 22-20 while Chan/Peck dislodged Ronald Ronald/Melati Daeva Oktavianti of Indonesia 21-18 and 21-18 in another first round encounter.National women's singles shuttler, Soniia Cheah also made it to the next round by edging Chiang Mei Hui of Taiwan 21-18 and 21-11 but 2015 world junior champion, Goh Jin Wei Lee was knocked out from the tournament after losing 22-24 and 19-21 to Chiang's teammate, Lee Chia Hsin.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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