Arlamow: With total of 138 players from 38 different countries that participating in the 41st Yonex Polish Open, in Arlamow, Poland, Malaysian shuttlers Daren Liew, Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying managed to outlast their opponents to storm into the Polish Open finals.
Earlier Friday, Daren Liew was forced to work hard to eliminate top seed Rasmus Fladberg of Denmark in the men’s singles last eight by winning the three-set thriller 21-12, 13-21, 25-23 in 58 minutes. In the semi-final match that was held later in the day, quite unexpectedly, Daren Liew rolled past Ihsan Maulana Mustofa of Indonesia in a relatively easy match. Daren Liew appeared to be focused and needed only 38 minutes to dispatch Ihsan Maulana Mustofa 21-14, 21-14. Daren will take on fifth seed Emil Holst of Denmark in the men’s singles final on Saturday.
Meanwhile, competing in their second international tournament together in nearly a year after Goh Liu Ying spent some time on the sidelines with a knee injury, Malaysian mixed doubles pair Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying rallied from one set down to battled past Anton Kaisti/Cheryl Seinen from Finland and Netherlands to earn final berth at the Polish Open. Chan/Goh upped their game in the third, and eventually triumphed at 21-17, 19-21, 21-16 in 44 minutes. The Malaysian pair will show square off with Akshay Dewalkar/Pradnya Gadre of India in the final.
Here are other final match-ups that will take place on Saturday.
Men’s doubles:
Adam Cwalina/Przemyslaw Wacha (Poland) vs Kenta Kazuno/Kazushi Yamada (Japan)
Women’s doubles:
Pradnya Gadre/N. Sikki Reddy (India) vs Alex Bruce/Phyllis Chan (Canada)
Women’s singles:
Karin Schnaase (Germany) vs Marija Ulitina (Ukraine)
