KUALA LUMPUR: Professional mixed doubles pair Goh Soon Huat and Shevon Jemie Lai failed to cross their final hurdle at the Switzerland Open in Basel after going down to China’s Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin in three games tonight.
Soon Huat-Shevon lost the opening game 17-21 but came back strongly to win the second game 21-19 before losing 17-21 in the decider to hand Jiang-Wei the title.
The duo can only blame themselves for the defeat as they allowed their opponents to claw their way back into the match having led at the halfway mark.
The Switzerland Open is part of the BWF World Super 300 Tour, which offers RM70,000 to the winner of the mixed doubles competition.
The losers take home RM30,000 as well as BWF ranking points.