Malaysian foursome must buck up before Olympic qualifiers

Outclassed: Malaysia’s Goh Liu Ying (left) and Chan Peng Soon in action against Japan’s Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino in the mixed doubles event at the BWF World Tour Finals in Guangzhou, China. They did not proceed further after finishing third in their group.— AFP

PETALING JAYA: Mixed doubles pairs Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying and Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie entered the World Tour Finals in Guangzhou with plenty to prove – but flopped.

Both pairs have been struggling to impress of late and the lucrative US$1.5mil (RM6.2­8­mil) season-ending tournament, which featured only the top-performing players of the season, was an ideal platform for them to silence their critics.