Malaysians smash into semifinals at Spanish badminton meet

Malaysians smash into semifinals at Spanish badminton meet

Final spot in women’s singles is assured with Goh Jin Wei and Eoon Qi Xuan facing each other.

S Kisona, Goh Jin Wei and Eoon Qi Xuan all made the last four in La Nucia.
KUALA LUMPUR:
Malaysia continued its dominance in women’s singles at the Spanish International after three of the nation’s representatives advanced to the semifinals in style in La Nucia today.

The trio were 2019 SEA Games gold medallist and fourth seed S Kisona, former world junior champion Goh Jin Wei and Eoon Qi Xuan.

Kisona, who was in excellent form, thrashed host player Beatriz Corrales 21-15, 21-14 and is scheduled to face French representative Yaelle Hoyaux for a final slot.

Jin Wei and Qi Xuan also did not encounter stiff competition to march into the semifinals and will square off against each other to enter the final.

Jin Wei trounced Swiss representative Jenjira Stadelmann 21-15, 21-12 while Qi Xuan recorded a comfortable 21-10, 21-12 win over Ania Setien of Spain.

At the same time, Tee Kai Wung-Teoh Mei Xing also cruised into the mixed doubles semifinals after overpowering host pair Victor Martin-Haidee Ojeda 21-17, 21-17 and are expected to meet Russians, Rodion Kargaev-Viktoriia Vorobeva.

Malaysia’s fine run continued in men’s doubles with Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun upsetting third seeds Philip Birker-Dominik Stipsits of Austria 21-18, 21-11 to meet England’s Matthew Clare-Ethan Van Leeuwen in the semifinals.

However, another men’s pair, Loo Bing Kun-Lwi Sheng Hao, failed to progress after losing to French duo Lucas Corvee-Ronan Labar 12-21, 16-21.

Malaysia’s women’s doubles challenge fizzled out in the quarterfinals after No 2 seeds Teoh Mei Xiang-Yap Ling lost to unseeded English pair Jessica Hopton-Jessica Pugh 16-21, 21-15, 15-21.

Earlier, men’s singles player Misbun Ramdan Misbun was stopped in the second round after going down to third seed Pablo Abian of Spain 21-13, 21-10.

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