KUALA LUMPUR – National badminton veteran Daren Liew wins the first round of the All England tournament against 32nd ranked Toma Junior Popov 21-15, 21-19.
World number 37 Daren took the first set swiftly against the Frenchman.
Coming from behind in the second set, he secured the win to progress to the round of 16 tomorrow.
Daren won in their last meeting at the 2019 Swiss Open.
The veteran shuttler will either play Taiwan’s Chou Tien-Chen or Shesar Hiren Rhustavito of Indonesia in the next round. – The Vibes, March 16, 2022
First round matches being played today by Malaysia:
Men’s singles
• Lee Zii Jia vs Kenta Nishimoto (Japan)
Men’s doubles
• Man Wei Chong-Kai Vun Tee vs Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi (Japan)
• Tan Kian Meng-Tan Wee Kiong vs Ben Lane-Sean Vendy (England)
• Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi vs Callum Hemming-Steven Stallwood (England)
• Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin vs He Ji Ting-Tan Qiang (China)
• Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik vs Matthew Grimley-Christopher Grimley (Scotland)
Women’s doubles
• Pearly Tan-Thinaah Muralitharan vs Jaqueline Lima-Samia Lima (Brazil)
• Lim Chiew Sien-Vivian Hoo vs Kong Haeyong-Kim Soyeong (South Korea)
Mixed doubles
• Chen Tang Jie-Peck Yen Wei vs Dechapol Puavaranukroh-Sapsiree Taerattanachai (Thailand)
• Goh Soon Huat-Lai Shevon Jemie vs Mathias Thyrri-Amalie Magelund (Denmark)
• Hoo Pang Ron-Cheah Yee See vs Venkat Gaurav Prasad-Juhi Dewangan (India)
• Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing vs Adnan Maulana-Mychelle Crhystine Bandaso (Indonesia)
• Ong Yew Sin-Goh Liu Ying vs Callum Hemming-Jessica Pugh (England)
