Basel: In an all-Malaysian mixed doubles final, Malaysia’s World No. 14 pair, Goh Soon Huat/Shevon Jemie Lai, successfully clinched the 2024 Swiss Open title on Sunday. Continue reading Goh Soon Huat/Shevon Jemie Lai End 6-Year Championsihps Drought By Clinching Swiss Open
Category: 2024 Swiss Open
Carolina Marin Wins Two Consecutive Titles in Two Weeks
Basel: Spanish World No. 5 women’s singles player Carolina Marin, who will turn 31 on June 15 and just won the 2024 All England last week, picked up her second consecutive title in two weeks by defeating Indonesia’s World No. 8 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung with scores of 21-19, 13-21, 22-20 in 81 minutes in the Swiss Open final on Sunday. Continue reading Carolina Marin Wins Two Consecutive Titles in Two Weeks
Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei To Fight Goh Soon Huat/Shevon Jemie Lai In Swiss Open Final
Basel: Both Malaysian mixed doubles pairs – World No. 9 Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei and World No. 14 Goh Soon Huat/Shevon Jemie Lai have triumphed in their respective semi-final matches on Saturday, securing their spots in the finals scheduled for Sunday. Continue reading Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei To Fight Goh Soon Huat/Shevon Jemie Lai In Swiss Open Final
Lee Zii Jia Ousted, Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei Advance in 2024 Swiss Open
Basel: Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia, the men’s singles No. 1 seed at the 2024 Swiss Open, suffered a shocking defeat against Kidambi Srikanth of India in the second round. Continue reading Lee Zii Jia Ousted, Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei Advance in 2024 Swiss Open
Lee Zii Jia Leads Malaysian Charge at the 2024 Swiss Open
Basel: The 2024 Swiss Open currently taking place in Basel, Switzerland has World No. 10 Lee Zii Jia currently leading Malaysia’s charge. Although other top players decided to opt out of the tournament, Lee Zii Jia, along with other top Malaysian players, are still making their names heard.
Lee Zii Jia, having lost to Lakshya Sen of India in the quarter-final of the All England tournament last week 22-20, 16-21, 19-21, will most definitely be going for the win at the Swiss Open, and so far his odds are looking sharp.
In the first round, Lee defeated World No. 30 Su Li Yang of Taiwan 21-19, 21-12 to set up a second-round meeting with World No. 27 Kidambi Srikanth of India.
Highlights of Lee Zii Jia vs. Su Li Yang in the first round of the 2024 Swiss Open:
As for other Malaysian players, the World No. 37 Leong Jun Hao put up a strong fight before losing last week’s All-England semi-finalist Lakshya Sen 19-21, 21-15, 11-21.
Malaysia has 3 mixed doubles pairs that made the second round.
World No. 9 Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei overcame World No. 19 Terry Hee Yong Kai/Jessica Tan Wei Han of Singapore 21-12, 19-21, 21-15 to meet Sathish Kumar Karunakaran/Aadya Variyath of India next.
Meanwhile, the next pair of World No. 14 Goh Soon Huat/Shevon Jemie Lai defeated Kenneth Zhe Hooi Choo/Gronya Somerville of Australia 21-19, 21-16. They are now advancing to play Hiroki Nishi/Akari Sato of Japan on Thursday.
And finally, in an all-Malaysian first-round match, Chan Peng Soon/Cheah Yee See got the better of Hoo Pang Ron/Cheng Su Yin 21-17, 21-16 to advance to the next round against No. 5 seeds Hiroki Midorikawa/Natsu Saito of Japan for a spot in the quarter-finals.