Jeonju: The world number 66 Daren Liew who are anxious to redeem himself at Korea Grand Prix after a recent career slump, suffered an early exit in Jeonju City on Wednesday.
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Vivian Hoo-Woon Khe Wei settle for bronze, Goh-Tan advance to semis
Incheon: A fighting Vivian Hoo-Woon Khe Wei went down to their Japanese rivals Ayaka Takahashi-Misaki Matsutomo 21-16, 21-17 in the women’s doubles badminton semi-finals to settle for their maiden bronze medal at the Incheon Asian Games on Friday. 
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Vivian Hoo-Woon Khe Wei assure Malaysia at least bronze
Incheon: Having already secured at least a bronze medal, Vivian Hoo-Woon Khe Wei are still in the race for their first Asian Games title after a great escape in the quarter-final match versus Macau’s Wang Rong-Zhang Zhibo.
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Vivian Hoo-Woon Khe Wei shock former world champions Wang Xiaoli-Yu Yang
Incheon: In the battle between Commonwealth Games champions Vivian Hoo-Woon Khe Wei of Malaysia and 2013 world champions Wang Xiaoli-Yu Yang of China at the Asian Games women’s doubles last-16 match, the Malaysian pair edged their Chinese rivals in a thrilling decider to advance to the quarter-finals.
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Glasgow 2014: Double gold delight for Malaysia
Glasgow: After winning the gold medal in badminton mixed team event last week, Malaysia received two more golds in both men and women’s doubles badminton events on Sunday.
In women’s doubles final, Woon Khe Wei-Vivian Hoo’s resilience and determination eventually paid off as they saved five game points when the defending champion Jwala Gutta-Ashwini Ponnappa was leading 20-16, and then 21-20 in the second set. The duo managed to come from behind to triumph 21-17, 23-21 in 41 minutes.
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Glasgow 2014: Malaysia’s “Doubles” shot at gold
Glasgow: Despite the disappointments of missing out on the gold of men’s singles, women’s singles and mixed doubles, Malaysia still have two more chances to win gold – through men’s doubles Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong and women’s doubles Woon Khe Wei-Vivian Hoo.
In the semi-finals, Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong shook off a slow start to beat England’s Chris Adcock-Andrew Ellis of England 21-19, 21-19. The Malaysian pair has looked sloppy at times.
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Vivian-Khe Wei aiming for an upset at All-England (pic)
BIRMINGHAM: Last year, top Malaysian women’s doubles pair Vivian Hoo-Woon Khe Wei made an impressive run to the quarter-finals of the All-England.
But despite winning the SEA Games gold medal last year, Vivian-Khe Wei have yet to make a successful breakthrough.
A string on unimpressive results means the pair are only ranked 16th in the world.
However, that has not dampen Khe Wei’s spirit as she seeks to emulate their quarter-final appearance.
It will certainly be tough as Vivian-Khe Wei are down to meet England’s Heather Oliver-Kata Robertshaw in the first round. If they win, they are drawn to face Japan’s Misaki Matsutomo-Ayaka Takahashi in the second round.
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Vivian aims for new milestones in Year of the Horse (pic)
KUALA LUMPUR: Chinese New Year is the time for family reunions, angpow packets and mandarin oranges.
Although doubles shuttler Vivian Hoo will be taking a break to enjoy the celebration with family and friends, she is determined that the Year of the Horse will be the one where she and partner Woon Khe Wei achieve new milestones in their three-year partnership.
Winning a SEA Games gold medal last year was an awesome feat for Vivian but she is not one to rest on her laurels.
“Winning the SEA Games gold (in Myanmar in December) will always be special but that is in the past. I want to win something bigger and better than a SEA Games gold medal this year,” said the lanky 23-year-old.
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Zulfadli and Iskandar power into India Open quarters (pic)
KUALA LUMPUR: Lucknow is fast turning into a happy hunting ground for Malaysian singles shuttlers Zulfadli Zulkiffli and Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin.
There’s no luck involved though, just pure skill and determination, as the duo turned the formbook upside down to power into the quarter-finals of the India Open Grand Prix Gold tournament in Lucknow on Thursday.
World No. 62 Zulfadli scored his biggest career win when he dumped top seed and India’s top player and world No. 18, P. Kashyap 21-16, 21-12.
Iskandar, currently ranked 67th in the world, was also on cloud nine yesterday after knocking out India’s world 33rd ranked Anand Pawar 22-20, 21-11.
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Khe-Wei-Vivian crash out in first round (pic)
BUKIT JALIL: Just one month after winning the SEA Games gold in Myanmar, Woon Khe Wei-Vivian Hoo were brought down to earth when they lost to China’s Ma Jin-Tang Yuanting in the first round of the Maybank Malaysian Open.
And immediately after the game, Vivian stated the obvious – that there was still a yawning gap between the Malaysians and their Chinese competitors, with the Malaysians only on par with the Chinese state players.
The 24-year-old Vivian and her partner Khe Wei lost 16-21, 12-21 to Ma Jin-Yuanting and hardly showed any substance en route to their defeat on Wedensday.
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