Yen Mei stuns world No. 10 Takahashi for a place in quarter-finals


(BRIEF CAPTION): Malaysia Ho Yen Mei having her training before Total BWF Thomas And Uber Cup Finals 2016 at Kunshan, China on 13th May 2016. Star pic by: CHAN BOON KAI/ The Star/ (13th May 2016)

PETALING JAYA: National women’s singles shuttler Ho Yen Mei (pic) is on a roll.

The 22-year old held her nerves and pulled off a spectacular show to stun top seed Sayaka Takahashi of Japan 21-17, 11-21, 21-19 for a place in the women’s singles quarter-finals of the Vietnam Open in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday.

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