Independent shuttlers beat odds to move on

Victorious: Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying overcame Yuki Kaneko-Misaki Matsutomo of Japan 21-19, 21-14 in the second round of the French Open.

PETALING JAYA: The greater the hardship, the greater the reward.

It rings true for Malaysia’s independent shuttlers as Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying, Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie and Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi as they did well to overcome difficulties to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open.