Ong Xi Yee-Carmen Ting
Top seeded Ong Xi Yee-Carmen Ting of Malaysia proved their mettle to cruise inot the final of the women’s doubles competition at the Kaohsiung Master badminton championships.
The duo comprehensively defeated home pair Lin Yen Yu-Wang Yi Zhen (Tpe) 21-13, 21-9 in just 35-minutes.
They will take on Indonesian’s Isyana Syahira Meida-Rinjani Kwinnara Nastine in the final.
The sixth seeded Indonesian pair picked up an upset 23-21, 21-13 victory over Japan’s Mikoto Aiso-Momoha Nimi in their semi-final tie.
The Malaysian trail 2-3 in their previous five head-to-head clashes and will be looking to repeat their win over their rivals at the Indonesian Open first round last year.
The men’s singles final will see two unseeded players – home favourite Kuo Kuan Lin taking on Korean Kim Hae-deun taking on each other.
Hae-deun came back from a game down to defeat Japan’s Rei Miyashita 19-21, 21-15, 21-19 while Kuo Lin also had a tough outing in his 21-14, 18-21, 21-15 win over Korean Cho Geon-yeop in the semi-finals.
SEMI-FINAL RESULTS
Men’s singles: Kuo Kuan Lin (Tpe) bt Cho Geon-yeop (Kor) 21-14, 18-21, 21-15; Kim Hae-deun (Kor) bt Rei Miyashita (Jpn) 19-21, 21-15, 21-19
Men’s doubles: Cheng Kai Wen-Liao Chao Pang (Tpe) bt Wesley Koh Eng Keat-Howin Wong Jia Hao (Sgp) 21-18, 21-17; Chang Ko-Chi-Lu Chen (Tpe) bt Taufik Aderya-Alexius Ongkytama Subagio (Ina) 19-21, 22-20, 21-15
Women singles: Mutiara Ayu Puspitasari (Ina) bt Happy Lo Sin Yan (Hkg) 21-16, 21-18; Liao Yuan Chi (Tpe) bt Ni Kadek Dhinda Amartya Pratiwi (Ina) 12-21, 21-19, 21-19
Women’s doubles: Ong Xin Yee-Carmen Ting (Mas) bt Lin Yen Yu-Wang Yi Zhen (Tpe) 21-13, 21-9; Isyana Syahira Meida-Rinjani Kwinnara Nastine (Ina) bt Mikoto Aiso-Momoha Nimi (Jpn) 23-21, 21-13
Mixed doubles: Ki Dong-ju-Jeong Na-eun (Kor) bt Jafar Hidayatullah- Rinjani Kwinnara Nastine (Ina) 21-16, 18-21, 21-17; Wee Yee Hern-Vannee Gobi (Mas) bt Lin Sheng-ming-Sun Liang Ching (Tpe) 21-11, 11-21, 21-8
