Malaysian Asian Games doubles gold medallists Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong secured their berth in the finals on Sunday after clearing the semifinal hurdles in the Malaysia Open 2007 badminton championship held at Kuala Lumpur Stadium.
Koo-Tan, who is currently ranked at number 116 in the world, continued their superb performance by edging the much high ranking Indonesian duo and world number 4 Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan 21-19, 21-17 in 29 minutes.
They will face the American and Indonesian pair of Tony Gunawan-Candra Wijaya.
Meanwhile, surprise of the day came from Malaysia’s woman single Wong Mew Choo when she defeated Japanese Eriko Hirose 21-18, 21-19. Her opponent in the final is Zhu Lin of China.
Since 1982, no Malaysian women had ever qualified for the semis after Rosalind Singha Ang won the title in 1965.
Let’s throw our full support behind them, Malaysia Boleh!
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Kudos to the MALAYSIAN pair. Koo Kien Keat should be awarded.
Well done boys and Mew Choo!
Well done to a new generation of champion hopefuls…they must work harder and not be big headed after recent success…i can only see this pair moving up the world rankings…cheers
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Can someone please tell me where are there badminton training centre in Kuala Lumpur. As I have been away from Malaysia for some time and my son is a very keen player he would like to attend training session when he is back for holidays later this year. Thanks