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End of the road to All England for Peng Soon-Liu Ying

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Peng Soon (left) and Liu Ying (second left) return to Japan's Yuki Kaneko (right) and Japan's Misaki Matsutomo during their mixed doubles semi-final match on day four of the All England Open Badminton Championship at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham, central England, on March 20,2021. Photo: Adrian DENNIS | AFP

KUALA LUMPUR: Unseeded Japanese pair Yuki Kaneko-Misaki Matsutomo stunned Malaysia’s Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying 21-14, 22-20 to qualify for the mixed doubles final at the 2021 All England Badminton Championships in Birmingham on Saturday.

Third seeds Peng Soon-Liu Ying were completely outplayed by Yuki-Misaki in the first game.

However, the 2016 Rio Olympics silver medallists adopted a more aggressive approach in the second game to take a handsome 11-3 lead at the interval.

But the Malaysians could not maintain the hot pace they had set and the Japanese pair managed to catch up and level the score at 20-20 before going on to win 22-20.

Yuki-Misaki will take on the winner of the other semi-final between England’s Marcus Ellis-Lauren Smith and Japan’s Yuta Watanebe-Arisa Higashino later today (Sunday morning Malaysian time).

Peng Soon-Liu Ying emerged as runners-up in 2017 edition of the All England after losing 18-21,21-19, 21-16 to China’s Lu Kai-Huang Ya Qiong.

The last time Malaysia tasted victory in the All England was in 2017 when Datuk Lee Chong Wei overpowered Shi Yu Qi of China 21-12, 21-10. – Bernama

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