KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 – National badminton men’s doubles pair Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong outdid their seniors Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong to reach the All England semi-finals. They will be playing this afternoon local time (tomorrow morning, Malaysia time) against sixth seeded Hiroyuki Endo-Kenichi Hayakawa from Japan who staved off a challenge from third seeded China’s Fu Haifeng-Zhang Nan, 21-19 and 21-12.
V Shem and Wee Kiong who are 16th in the world rankings took 49 minutes to edge Kien Keat-Boon Heong in straight sets, 21-19; 22-20 at Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham early today, Malaysia time. The Kien Keat-Boon Heong pair took the men’s doubles title in 2007 and was runner-up in 2011.
