Day to forget at Macau Open

 Malaysians lose all five semi-final clashes in straight games.

Malaysia’s sole survivor in the men’s singles, Eogene Ewe (left), lost to China’s rising star Hu Zhe An, while Low Hang Yee-Ng Eng Cheong were stopped in their tracks by an Indonesian pair.

PETALING JAYA:

After a promising show by Malaysia’s shuttlers in the last-eight stage of the Macau Open yesterday, all five representatives failed to make it to the finals of the World Tour Super 300 tournament this evening.

The disappointment was made worse when the two men’s doubles pairs, one women’s doubles pair, a mixed doubles duo and a men’s singles shuttler were eliminated in straight games.

Men’s doubles pair Low Hang Yee-Ng Eng Cheong, who had shown much promise with wins over higher-ranked pairs in previous rounds, lost to Indonesian pair Ali Faathir Rayhan-Devin Arthas Wahyudi 12-21, 12-21 in just 33 minutes.

The other men’s duo comprising Chia Wei Jie-Teo Ee Yi, who also had a good run, lost tamely to new South Korean pair Jin Yong-Lee Jong Min 4-21, 11-21 in 29 minutes.

Women’s doubles pair Ong Xin Yee-Carmen Ting went down 18-21, 13-21 to China’s Cao Zi Han-Bao Li Jing in 49 minutes.

Men’s singles hope Eogene Ewe, who also impressed in earlier rounds by defeating higher-ranked players, failed to get past China’s Hu Zhe An, losing 15-21, 18-21 in a match lasting 45 minutes.

National mixed doubles pair Hoo Pang Ron-Lai Pei Jing were outclassed by South Korean duo Cho Song Hyun-Jeong Na Eun 11-21, 13-21 in just 30 minutes. - FMT