PETALING JAYA: Malaysia have been dealt a massive blow ahead of several major tournaments following top women’s doubles shuttler Chow Mei Kuan’s decision to retire from the sport.
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Published on: Wednesday, July 28, 2021
By: Bernama
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TOKYO: National women’s doubles shuttlers Chow Mei Kuan-Lee Meng Yean ended their Tokyo Olympic campaign on a winning note although it failed to stop them from making an early exit.
The world number 11 outlasted Great Britain’s world number 14 Chloe Birch-Lauren Smith 21-19, 21-16 in 44 minutes in their final Group A match at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza here, Tuesday.
Although it was their 10th win of the season, it was to no avail as the Malaysians were already out of contention for the quarter-finals after losing their first two group matches.
WTF Day 3 – Koreans top half the groups
For the second straight day at the World Tour Finals, Korean shuttlers went a perfect 5 for 5, with Choi Sol Gyu and Seo Seung Jae becoming the first of 5 to score the win that would put them atop their group and into the semi-finals.
By Don Hearn. Photos: Badmintonphoto (live)
Korea’s Choi Sol Gyu and Seo Seung Jae started this year’s World Tour Finals with their backs against the wall. They managed to lose the very first match of the tournament and were then facing the prospects of need to beat the current World Champions