KUALA LUMPUR − Former world junior champion Goh Jin Wei continued her revival as she checks into the quarterfinals of the Korea Open Badminton Championships 2022 in Suncheon today.
Jin Wei − ranked 128th in the world − subdued world number 187 Lee Se Yeon of South Korea 21-17, 17-21, 21-12 in a 57-minute second-round battle at Palma Stadium.
Jin Wei, whose last competition was in June 2021, will meet Kim Gaeun next after the home shuttler created a major upset by showing Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei of China the exit with a resounding 21-17, 21-19 win.
Meanwhile, two Malaysian mixed doubles pairs − Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing and Ong Yew Sin-Goh Liu Ying − also qualified for the quarterfinals.
The second seeded Kian Meng-Pei Jing thrashed unseeded home duo Na Sung Seung-Kim Min Ji 21-11, 21-9 while Yew Sin-Liu Ying did not even break a sweat after top seeds Seo Seungjae-Chae Yujung of South Korea withdrew from their second-round match.
Kian Meng-Pei Jing will take on fifth seeds Ou Xuan Yi-Huang Ya Qiong of China, who beat India’s Reddy B. Sumeeth-Ashwini Ponnappa 22-20, 18-21, 21-14 while Yew Sin-Liu Ying will lock horns with home pair Kim Won Ho-Jeong Na Eun.
The unseeded Won Ho-Na Eun beat the eighth-seeded pair from Singapore, Hee Yong Kai Terry-Tan Wei Han, 19-21, 21-18, 21-12.
Third seeds Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie of Malaysia were surprisingly beaten by unseeded Japanese Hiroki Midorikawa-Natsu Saito 21-15, 23-21.
Malaysia’s professional men’s singles player Cheam June Wei also failed to clear the second round − losing to Weng Hong Yang of China 14-21, 21-17, 17-21. – Bernama, April 7, 2022
