Koo-Tan will be taking it easy in Malaysian Masters final


(BRIEF CAPTION) Malaysia men double Koo Kien Keat (left) and Tan Boon Heong celebrates their win after beating Kim Gi Jung and Kim Sa Rang from Korea during the semi-final round of the Malaysia Master badminton tournament at SPICE Arena in Penang .Star pic by: ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star / 23 January 2016.

GEORGE TOWN: Veteran shuttlers Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong showed that they still have fire in their bellies.

The Malaysians, bidding to qualify for their third Olympics after 2008 Beijing and 2012 London, knocked out top seeds Kim Sa-rang-Kim Gi-jung of South Korea 15-21, 21-18, 21-16 to reach the men’s doubles final in the Malaysian Masters at the SPICE Arena in Relau.

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