Basel: Malaysia’s Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong marched into the quarter-finals of the 2016 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton Tournament on Thursday after they smashed down Puavaranukroh Dechapol/Kedren Kittinupong of Thailand in straight sets of 21-10, 21-16 in 28 minutes to secure a quarter-final match up against Marcus Ellis/Chris Langridge of England on Friday at St Jakobshalle Arena in Basel, Switzerland.
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Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong, Goh V Shem/Tan Wee Kiong into All England quarters
Birmingham: After finding mixed results on Wednesday, the Malaysian camp ended Thursday by pulling off some big upsets at the 2016 All England championships.
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Goh V Shem/Tan Wee Kiong only Malaysians to make 2nd round of German Open
Mulheim: Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong were Malaysia’s only representatives into the second round of the German Open at the RWE-Sporthalle stadium, Mülheim, Germany on Wednesday.
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Malaysia make the cut in Thomas Cup and Uber Cup finals
Kuala Lumpur: Despite losing to India 2-3 and to Thailand 0-3 in the men’s team and women’s team quarter-finals of 2016 Badminton Asia Team Championships last Friday, Malaysia’s men’s and women’s team have qualified on merit for the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup Finals that will be held in Kunshan, China from May 15-22.
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Carsten Mogensen stable after brain surgery
Kazan: World No. 4 men’s doubles player Carsten Mogensen was in stable condition after emergency surgery to treat the aortic aneurysm ruptures in his brain. He had no symptoms until he fainted in a hotel while playing at 2016 European Men’s & Women’s Team Championships in Kazan last Thursday.
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Malaysia’s women’s team loses to Thailand 3-0 in BATC quaterfinals
Hyderabad: The national women’s badminton squad will be returning home early after losing 0-3 to Thailand in the quarterfinals of the Badminton Asian Team Championships (BATC) at the G.M.C. Balayogi Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India Friday.
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BATC: Goh Jin Wei saves the day as Malaysia eliminate Hong Kong 3-2
Hyderabad: Malaysia women’s team capped off a stellar debut at the Badminton Asia Team Championships (BATC) on Tuesday as they marched on to a 3-2 victory over Hong Kong.
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Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying, Ratchanok Intanon in Thailand Masters Final
Bangkok: World No. 13 mixed doubles pair of Chan Peng Soon/ Goh Liu Ying from Malaysia was in awesome form as they have reached the final of the Princess Sirivannavari Thailand Masters tournament in Bangkok on Friday.
Chan/Goh outclassed Bodin Issara/Savitree Amitrapai of Thailand 21-18, 21-14 in 42 minutes in the semi-finals and will face dark horses Zheng Siwei/Chen Qingchen of China next.
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Zulfadli Zulkiffli, Goh Giap Chin in Thailand GPG 2nd Round
Bangkok: Former world junior champion Zulfadli Zulkiffli had little trouble in his opening match at Thailand Masters GPG on Monday as he overcame Andrew Susanto in straight sets 21-17, 21-16 to get his campaign off to a good start. Zulfadli will take on Andre Marteen of Indonesia on Tuesday.
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Goh V Shem/Tan Wee Kiong stage comeback to win Syed Modi Grand Prix title
Lucknow: Malaysia’s men’s doubles pair of Tan Wee Kiong/Goh V Shem was involved in a close men’s doubles final contest in Syed Modi Grand Prix finals as the Malaysian and Indian pair of Pranaav Chopra and Akshay Dewalkar were engaged in energy-sapping rallies.
Goh/Tan were caught off guard by the speed and aggressiveness of the Indian pair in the first set by losing 21-14.
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