Palembang: On Wednesday, Daren Liew breezed through the opening match of 2014 Indonesian Masters over Indonesian shuttler Rajid Patriawan 21-16, 21-16 in 28 minutes. Although it was still early in the competition, Daren Liew who was dropped from the Asian Games squad has shown encouraging signs of rejuvenation after a lackluster year.
“I badly needed to win this after the Commonwealth Games disappointment. Hopefully I can remain strong throughout this tournament,” said Daren Liew. He will play Fikri Ihsandi Hadmadi of Indonesia in the second round on Thursday. Fikri knocked off Chong Yee Han of Malaysia 21-13, 21-13 in another opener.
Malaysia’s independent shuttler, Mohd Arif Abdul Latif survived an opening-match fright by outlasting Indonesia’s Briand Christofle 21-23, 21-6, 21-11, while the 2011 World Junior Champion Zulfadli Zulkiffli overcame a slow start to eventually winning over Andrew Susanto 17-21, 21-11, 21-12 to progress to the second round of the Indonesian Masters GP.
Other Malaysian shuttlers – Soong Joo Ven, Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub, Tan Kian Meng, and Soo Teck Zhi also advanced to the second round.
Here are other results for Malaysian shuttlers on Day 2:
Men’s Singles
Dharma Alrie Guna (Indonesia) bt Lim Zhen Ting (Malaysia) 21-11 21-12
Eka Fajar Kusuma (Indonesia) bt Zulhelmi Zulkiffli (Malaysia) 21-16 21-16
Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub (Malaysia) bt Wibowo Kho Henrikho (Indonesia) 22-20 23-21
Fikri Ihsandi Hadmadi (Indonesia) bt Chong Yee Han (Malaysia) 21-13 21-13
Men’s doubles
Fajar Alfian-Muhammad Rian Ardianto (Indonesia) bt Nelson Wei Keat Heg-Low Juan Shen (Malaysia) 20-22 21-18 21-13
Selvanus Geh-Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Indonesia) bt Tan Wee Gieen-Yew Hong Kheng (Malaysia) 21-18 21-11
Hermansyah-Eka Fajar Kusuma (Indonesia) bt Vountus Indra Mawan-Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari (Malaysia) 21-13 21-16
Fran Kurniawan-Agripinna Prima Rahmanto Putra (Indonesia) bt Lee Jian Yi-Lim Zhen Ting (Malaysia) 22-20 21-17
Chooi Kah Ming-Teo Kok Siang (Malaysia) bt Alvent Yulianto Chandra-Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki (Indonesia) 21-19 21-13
Jagdish Singh-Tan Wee Long Roni (Malaysia) bt Arya Maulana Adiartama-Muhammad Ulinnuha (Indonesia) 21-14 21-19
Women’s doubles
Chow Mei Kuan-Lee Meng Yean (Malaysia) bt Anggia Shitta Awanda-Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja (Indonesia) 21-19 24-26 21-14
Women’s singles
Lydia Li Ya Cheah (Malaysia) bt Yeni Asmarani (Indonesia) 21-12 21-23 21-14
