Gwangju: Malaysia’s World No. 6 mixed doubles pair Goh Liu Ying/Chan Peng Soon gained sweet revenge over Thailand’s World No. 18 Nipitphon Phuangphuapet/Savitree Amitrapai for their Korea Open first round defeat on September 24, 2019.
On Tuesday, Goh/Chan rallied back from 18-20 in the first set to beat Phuangphuapet/Amitrapai 23-21, while the Malaysian pair was leading from start to finish in the second set by winning 21-16. Goh/Chan will take on Japan’s qualifiers Hiroki Okamura/Chisato Hoshi next in the Korea Masters second round.
However, mixed doubles No.6 seeds Goh Soon Huat/Shevon Jemie Lai had to dig deep to see off unseeded Wang Chi-Lin/Cheng Chi Ya of Taiwan 21-9, 20-22, 21-11. Goh/Lai will face the winners between Kim Won Ho/Kim Hye Rin of Korea or Dong Wei Jie/Chen Xiao Fei of China in the second round.
Tan Kian Meng/Lai Pei Jing also got the better of Ren Xiang Yu/Zhou Chao Min of China 21-10, 21-16 to set up second round battle with Lee Jhe-Huei/Hsu Ya Ching of Taiwan on Thursday.
Meanwhile, due the hectic BWF calendar in 2019, there were total of 32 players who have chosen to withdraw from the 2019 Korea Masters. Below is the list of players who have pulled out of the tournament and their replacements.
Men’s singles:
1. Shi Yu Qi (🇨🇳) replaced by Kazumasa Sakai(🇯🇵)
2. Liew Daren(🇲🇾) replaced by Lu Chia Hung(🇹🇼)
3. Anders Antonsen[3](🇩🇰) replaced by Victor Svendsen(🇩🇰)
4. Suppanyu Avihingsanon(🇹🇭) replaced by Misha Zilberman (🇮🇱)
5. Sitthikom Thammasin(🇹🇭) replaced by Heo Kwang Hee(🇰🇷)
6. Viktor Axelsen[4](🇩🇰) replaced by Lin Yu Hsien(🇹🇼)
7. Lee Zii Jia(🇲🇾) replaced by Lucas Claerbout (🇫🇷)
8. Rasmus Gemke(🇩🇰) replaced by Lucas Corvee (🇫🇷)
9. Subhankar Dey(🇮🇳) replaced by Li Shi Feng(🇨🇳)
10. Chen Long [2](🇨🇳) replaced by Kunlavut Vitidsarn(🇹🇭)
Women’s Singles:
1. Han Yue(🇨🇳) replaced by Lin Jhih Yun(🇹🇼)
2. Cheung Ngan Yi (🇭🇰) replaced by Lee Se Yeon ((🇰🇷))
3. Saina Nehwal [3](🇮🇳) replaced by Liang Ting Yu(🇹🇼)
Men’s Doubles:
1. Li Jun Hui/Liu Yu Chen [1](🇨🇳) replaced by Mahiro Kaneko/Yunosuke Kubota(🇯🇵)
2. Hiroyuki Endo/Yuta Watanabe [3](🇯🇵) replaced by Chang Ko-chi/Lu Chia Pin(🇹🇼)
3. Jelle Maas/Robin Tabeling (🇳🇱) replaced by Fang-chih Lee/Fang-jen Lee(🇹🇼)
4. Takuri Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi(🇯🇵) replaced by Kim Won Ho/Park Kyung Hoon ((🇰🇷))
5. Takeshi Kamura/Keigo Sonoda [2](🇯🇵) replaced by Mads Pieler Kolding/Carsten Mogensen(🇩🇰)
Women’s Doubles:
1. Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara [1](🇯🇵) replaced by Jang Eun Seo/Jang Hyun Ji(🇰🇷)
2. Dong Wen Jing/Feng Xue Ying(🇨🇳) replaced by Chiang Kai Hsin/Hung Shih Han(🇹🇼)
3. Du Yue/Li Yin Hui [6](🇨🇳) replaced by Go Ah Ra/Yoo Chae Ran(🇰🇷)
4. Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota [3](🇯🇵) replaced by Wiktoria Adamek/Magdalena Swierczynska (🇵🇱)
5. Vivian Hoo/Yap Cheng Wen(🇲🇾) replaced by Lee Sun Min/Lee Yu Lim(🇰🇷)
6. Chow Mei Kuan/Lee Meng Yean(🇲🇾)
7. Jongkolphan Kititharakul/Rawinda Prajongjai [8](🇹🇭) replaced by Aleksandra Goszczynska/Szubert Karolina (🇵🇱)
8. Li Wen Mei/Zheng Yu(🇨🇳) replaced by Liang Ting Yu/Lin Sih Yun(🇹🇼)
9. Selena Piek/Cheryl Seinen🇳🇱 replaced by Eong Seung Yeon/Yoon Min Ah(🇰🇷)
10. Chen Qing Chen/Jia Yi Fan [2](🇨🇳) replaced by Eom Hye Won/Kim Min Ji(🇰🇷)
Mixed Doubles:
1. Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino [1](🇯🇵) replaced by Ho Wai Lun/Yuen Sin Ying (🇭🇰)
2. Ou Xuan Yi/Feng Xue Ying(🇨🇳) replaced by Park Seol Hyun/Jang Eun Seo(🇰🇷)
3. Sam Magee/Chloe Magee (🇮🇪) replaced by Hiroki Okamura/Chisato Hoshi(🇯🇵)
4. He Ji Ting/Du Yue [7](🇨🇳) replaced by Wang Chan/Jeong Na Eun(🇰🇷)
5. Robin Tabeling/Selena Piek🇳🇱 replaced by Na Sung Seung/Kim Min Ji(🇰🇷)
6. Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Sapsiree Taerattanachai [2](🇹🇭) replaced by Robert Cybulski/Wiktoria Adamek (🇵🇱)
