Lee Chong Wei and Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying made it double joy for Malaysia by reaching the semi-finals of the All-England badminton

Chong Wei, mixed-doubles pair storm into semi-finals of All-England

PETALING JAYA: Lee Chong Wei and Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying made it double joy for Malaysia by reaching the semi-finals of the All-England badminton championships on Friday.

 

The world No. 1 Chong Wei was rock solid in his 21-12, 21-15 win over Tian Houwei of China in a 45-minute quarter-final match at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham on Friday.

The three-time All-England champion will take on Chou Tien-chen of Taiwan in the semi-final on Saturday.

His nemesis Lin Dan of China also came through when he slogged to beat Viktor Axelsen of Denmark 8-21, 21-14, 21-15 in a 69-minute match. Lin Dan will cross swords with China's Shi Yuqi next.

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If Chong Wei and Lin Dan win their respective matches, they will set up a mouth-watering clash in the final.

Olympic silver medallists Peng Soon-Liu Ying also continued their fine run when they defeated Wang Yilyu-Huang Dongping of China 23-21, 21-14 in a 46-minute quarter-final match.

They will take on Japan's Yuta Watanabe-Arisa Higashino for a place in the final. Peng Soon-Liu Ying have never gone beyond the semis in the All-England.

However, it was all over for world No. 1 Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong when they went down 19-21, 21-17, 19-21 to China's Li Junhui-Liu Yuchen of China in the quarter-finals on Friday.

SATURDAY SEMI-FINAL FIXTURES

COURT 1 (from 8pm Malaysian time onwards)
Women's singles: Akane Yamaguchi (Jpn) vs Ratchanok Intanon (Tha).
Men's singles: Lee Chong Wei (Mas) vs Chou Tien-chen (Tpe).
Mixed doubles: Lu Kai-Huang Yaqiong (Chn) vs Chris Adcock-Gabrielle Adcock (Eng).
Women's doubles: Jung Kyung-eun-Shin Seung-chan (Kor) vs Kamilla Rytter Juhl-Christinna Pedersen (Den).
Men's doubles: Marcus Fernaldi Gideon-Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Ina) vs Mas Conrad-Petersen-Mads Pieler Kolding (Den).

COURT 2 (from 8.10pm Malaysian time onwards)
Men's doubles: Li Junhui-Liu Yuchen (Chn) vs Liu Cheng-Zhang Nan (Chn).
Women's singles: Tai Tzu-ying (Tpe) bt Sung Ji-hyun (Kor).
Women's doubles: Bao Yixin-Yu Xiaohan (Chn) vs Chang Ye-na-Lee So-hee (Kor).
Mixed doubles: Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying (Mas) vs Yuta Watanabe-Arisa Higashino (Jpn).
Men's singles: Lin Dan (Chn) vs Shi Yuqi (Chn).

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