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Getting closer: Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying will play Indonesia’s Praveen Jordan-Melati Daeva Oktavianti in the final of the New Zealand Open today.

PETALING JAYA: Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying are just a win away from getting their Tokyo Olympic Games qualification bid off to a perfect start.

The world No. 5 have reached the final of the New Zealand Open, the first event that offers points to next year’s Tokyo Games.Peng Soon-Liu Ying were in their element as they downed Indonesia’s Hafiz Faizal-Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja 21-14, 21-18 in Auckland yesterday.

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