Rui Chen aims to go all the way after making semi-finals


Yap Rui Chen from Petaling Badminton Club at the National Championships.

ULU KINTA: Yap Rui Chen (pic)created the biggest upset in the women’s singles at the National Champion­ships, sending third seed Lee Ying Ying packing to reach the semi-finals.

The 21-year-old national discard beat Ying Ying, the 2015 world junior runner-up, 10-21, 22-20, 21-15 in 57 minutes at the Sri Perdana Hall in Ulu Kinta yesterday. She next faces M. Thinaah.

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