GEORGE TOWN, Jan 20 – Malaysia’s top mixed doubles pair Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying kicked off their campaign on the first day of Grand Prix (GP) Gold Malaysia Masters, which takes place in Arena Spice, here, Tuesday. Backed by a hostile crowd, the pair beat Japan’s Ryota Taohata/Koharu Yonemoto 21-15, 21-16 in straight sets to move into the next stage of the qualifying.
Peng Soon/Liu Ying will meet Indonesia’s Irfan Fadhilah/Weni Aggraini in their third qualifying round on Wednesday. Peng Soon/Liu Ying would be accompanied by two other Malaysian mixed doubles pair Wong Fai Yin/Shevon Lai Jemie and Tan Kian Meng/Lai Pei Jing.
Fai Yin/Shevon Lai who beating the fifth seeds in the tournament Phillip pair Chew/Jamie Subandhi of the United States 21-10, 21-11, will be facing Shin Baek Cheol/Chae Yoo Jung of South Korea. Kian Meng/Pei Jing who pulled off a pleasant surprise by beating third seeded Indonesian pair Praveen Jordan/Debby Susanto 21-10, 21-16, will be facing Ronan Labar/Emilie Lefel of France on Thursday.
