Chooi-Low Advances Into Last Eight In China Masters

KUALA LUMPUR, March 15 (Bernama) -- National professional men's doubles pair, Chooi Kah Ming-Low Juan Shen continued their fine form after cruising into the quarter-finals of the 2019 China Masters Badminton Tournament in Hainan, China, Thursday. The fourth seeded pair only took 33 minutes to whitewash Lin Chia Yu-Yang Ming-Tse of Taiwan; 21-14 and 21-17 in the second round match held at Agile Stadium of Lingshui Culture and Sports Square, according to the Badminton World Federation (BWF) website;www.bwfbadminton.com. Former national men's doubles player, Tan Boon Heong who teamed up with Kim Sa Rang of South Korea also made it to the quarter-finals after dislodging Liu Wei Chen-Lu Chen of Taiwan; 21-19 and 21-19. National professional men's singles shuttler, Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin also progressed into the last eight after stunning the top seed, Ihsan Maulana Mustofa of Indonesia;14-21, 21-13 and 21-9 in the third round match of the US$75,000 (RM306,826) tournament. Meanwhile, a several Malaysian shuttlers crashed out from the competition after they were beaten by their respective opponents. National mixed doubles pair, Hoo Pang Ron-Cheah Yee See who were the top seeds, suffered an unexpected 12-21 and 16-21 defeat to the young Chinese pair, Dong Weijie-Chen Xiaofei, while Choong Hon Jian-Man Wei Chong were beaten by fifth seeds, Di Zijian-Wang Chang;losing 14-21 and 17-21 in the men's doubles. Malaysia did not send any representative to the BWF Tour Super 100 Tournament. -- BERNAMA