Not good enough: Goh V Shem (back) and Tan Wee Kiong went down fighting 19-21, 22-20, 15-21 to Liu Cheng-Zhang Nanin in the second round of the Fuzhou China Open at the Haixia Olympic Sports Centre yesterday.
PETALING JAYA: National men’s doubles pair Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong’s hopes of qualifying for next month’s BWF World Tour Finals in Guangzhou have been dealt a massive blow after they crashed out in the second round of the Fuzhou China Open.
The Malaysian world No. 13 went down fighting 19-21, 22-20, 15-21 to Liu Cheng-Zhang Nan, the 2017 world champions, in a pulsating battle that lasted 85 minutes at the Haixia Olympic Sports Centre yesterday.
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