MIXED doubles Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying suffered a shock defeat in the first round of the German Open on Wednesday while men's doubles Goh V Shem-Lim Khim Wah continued their run in Mulheim in a bid to strengthen their bid to qualify for the World Championships.
Peng Soon-Liu Ying were unlucky to meet China scratch pair Zhang Nan-Tang Jinhua, who came through the qualifying rounds, who snatched a 20-22, 21-11, 21-8 win to reach the second round.The top seeded Malaysians were expected to win the German Open in the absence of the top five pairs and the early exit is not going to help Peng Soon-Liu Ying's outing in the All England next week.
Liu Ying, however, is still part of the tournament where she and Lim Yin Loo were playing Bulgaria's Gabriela Stoeva-Stefani Stoeva in a late second round women's doubles yesterday.
Second ranked pair Ong Jian Guo-Yin Loo, who beat England's Chris Langridge-Heather Olver 21-19, 13-21, 21-17, played Kenichi Hayakawa-Misaki Matsutomo of Japan in the second round.
V Shem-Khim Wah, who need to do well in Germany as well as the All England to boost their chances of qualifying for the World Championships, beat Tarun Kona-Arun Vishnu of India 21-16, 21-17 in the first round and played Ingo Kindervater-Johannes Schoettler of Germany in the second round late yesterday.
Ow Yao Han-Chooi Kah Ming, who defeated compatriots Nelson Heg-Teo Ee Yi 21-17, 20-22, 21-17 on Wednesday, took on Rasmus Bonde-Mads Condrad Petersen of Denmark in the second round.
In the women's doubles, scratch pair Vivian Hoo-Lai Pei Jing played second seeds Eom Hye Won-Jang Ye Na of South Korea. By K.M. Boopathy
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