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End of the road: Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying react during their quarter-final match in the Thailand Open yesterday. — www.badmintonphoto.com

PETALING JAYA: Unheralded pair Hoo Pang Ron-Cheah Yee See pulled off the biggest surprise of the day to reach the semi-finals of the mixed doubles in the Toyota Thailand Open.

The world No. 35 brought out their A-game to stun sixth seeds and world No. 9 Hafiz Faizal-Gloria Emanuelle of Indonesia 12-21,21-19,21-19 in a 68-minute quarter-final battle at the Impact Arena in Bangkok yesterday.

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