KUALA LUMPUR − Malaysia’s professional shuttler Soong Joo Ven advanced to the quarterfinals of the Korea Masters after springing a surprise by defeating host shuttler Heo Kwang-Hee at the Gwangju Yeonju Stadium in Gwangju, South Korea today.
World number 68 Joo Ven won the second-round match in just 40 minutes with a straight-set 21-11, 21-19 triumph.
The 26-year-old player is scheduled to play against Misha Zilberman in the final eight round tomorrow after the Israeli shuttler showed his opponent Kalle Koljonen of Finland the exit by winning their match 21-12, 19-21, 22-20.
Meanwhile, mixed doubles pair Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie also advanced to the quarterfinals after easily defeating Misha Zilberman-Svetlana Zilberman of Israel 21-5, 21-8.
Soon Huat-Shevon will take on Terry Hee Yong Kai-Tan Wei Han from Singapore, who had trounced the host pair Kim Young-Hyuk-Kim Hye-Jeong in a straight-set 22-20, 23-21 win.
However, luck was not on the side of eighth seed mixed doubles pair Chan Peng Soon-Toh Ee Wei as they were shown the exit after losing 18-21, 14-21 to Zheng Si Wei-Zhang Shu Xian from China.
Also stranded in the second round was former world youth champion Goh Jin Wei, who lost 22-20, 7-21, 12-21 to world number 17 Wang Zhi Yi from China in the women’s singles category.
In the men’s doubles category, Goh V. Shem-Low Juan Shen also lost to Hiroki Okamura-Masayuki Onodera of Japan 21-16, 14-21, 22-24 while Tan Kian Meng-Tan Wee Kiong were also shown the exit after losing 17-21, 21-9, 13-21 to Choi Solgyu-Kim Wonho of Korea. – Bernama, April 14, 2022
