More to come from Khe Wei-Vivian after Glasgow triumph


Woon Khe Wei (right) and Vivian Hoo did very well to win the women's doubles gold medal, defeating India's defending champions in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games recently. - GLENN GUAN/ The Star

GLASGOW: National women’s doubles shuttlers Woon Khe Wei-Vivian Hoo were the underdogs going into the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

But they surely have given Malaysian women’s badminton a big boost after their excellent comeback win over defending champions Jwala Gutta-Ashwini Ponnappa of India to bag the gold medal at the Emirates Arena on Sunday.

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