Peng Soon-Liu Ying ready to face ‘awkward’ moment


In fine fettle: Chan Peng Soon (right) and Goh Liu Ying ousted Indonesian pair Praveen Jordan-Melati Daeva yesterday to reach the semi-finals of the Japan Open.

ODENSE: Mixed doubles stars Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying will be going into unchartered waters when they face Japan’s Yuta Watanabe-Arisa Higashino in the second round of the Danisa Denmark Open.

The 2016 Rio Olympic Games silver medallists will be up against their favourite coach Jeremy Gan (pic) on the opposite side for the first time at the Odense Sports Centre today.

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