Clear run to third title for Peng Soon-Liu Ying


Going strong: Goh Liu Ying (left) and Chan Peng Soon beat Thailand’s Nipitphon Phuangphuapet-Savitree Amitrapai in the first round of the Korean Masters yesterday.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s top mixed doubles pair Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying have been handed a massive boost in their bid for a third World Tour title this year.

The world No. 7 pair seem to have a clear run to the Korean Masters title in Gwangju this week with the absence of top rivals Yuta Watanabe-Arisa Higashino of Japan, Dechapol Puavaranukroh-Sapsiree Taerattanachai of Thailand and He Jiting-Du Yue of China.

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