Hot Topics: Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

Email Print

24 June 2012| last updated at 08:14AM

Timid exit for Peng Soon-Liu Ying

MIXED doubles Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying's push for their first super series title ended at the semi-final stage of the Singapore Open yesterday.

Peng Soon-Liu Ying, the World No 8, were a spent force against Taiwan's Cheng Hung Ling-Cheng Wen Hsing and suffered a 21-16, 21-13 defeat in just 30 minutes.

Despite their exit, Peng Soon-Liu Ying will achieve a ranking of seven, their highest, next week.

In the men's singles, Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand advanced to the final after beating Vietnam's Nguyen Tien Minh 21-12, 18-21, 21-19 and will meet Wang Zhengming of China, who beat Denmark's Viktor Axelsen 21-13, 21-14, today.

Results -- (All S-Finals) Men's Singles: Wang Zhengming (Chn) bt Viktor Axelsen (Den) 21-13, 21-14; Boonsak Ponsana (Tha) bt Nguyen Tien Minh (Vie) 21-12, 18-21, 21-19.

Doubles: Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan (Ina) bt Hiroyuki Endo-Kenichi Hayakawa (Jpn) 16-21, 21-11, 21-15; Ko Sung Hyun-Yoo Yeon Seong (Kor) bt Mohammad Ahsan-Bona Septano (Ina) 19-21, 21-19, 21-14.

Women's Singles: Cheng Shao Chieh (Tai) bt Xing Aiying (Sin) 23-21, 21-7; Juliane Schenk (Ger) bt Sung Ji Hyun (Kor) 21-11, 20-22, 21-12.

Doubles: Bao Yixin-Zhong Qianxin (Chn) bt Miyuki Maeda-Satoko Suetsuna (Jpn) 21-15, 21-8; Cheng Wen Hsing-Chien Yu Chin (Tai) bt Meiliana Jauhari-Greysia Polii 21-13, 19-21, 21-16.

Mixed Doubles: Shintaro Ikeda-Reiko Shiota (Jpn) bt Shoji Sato-Shizuka Matsuo (Jpn) 21-18, 21-16; Chen Hung Ling-Cheng Wen Hsing (Tai) bt Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying (Mas) 21-16, 21-13.

Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying (right) will be ranked seventh in the world next week.

1 / 1

Sports

Streets

Floods the bane of Kg Piandang

Have standard spelling of road names in Penang

General

Coconuts and seafood aplenty in Bagan Datoh

The Cold Storage outlet was only for the rich

Lahad Datu fund gets RM15,000

.header-nav a.epaper:link{color:#fff}.header-nav a.epaper{background-color:#ff8a00}.header-nav{margin:0;padding:0;height:1em}.header-nav li{list-style:none;float:left}.header-nav li a{background-color:#fff;color:#8e989e;display:block;padding:3px 8px;text-decoration:none;z-index:1}.header-nav li ul{display:none;width:5em;background-color:#fff}.header-nav li:hover ul,.header-nav li.hover ul{display:block;position:absolute;margin:0;padding:0}.header-nav li:hover li,.header-nav li.hover li{float:none}.header-nav li:hover li a,.header-nav li.hover li a{background-color:#fff;border-bottom:1px solid #fff;color:#8e989e}.header-nav li li a:hover{background-color:#fff}a.photo-left{background:url(http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.nst.com.my/w1.nst.com.my/img/nst/gallery-arrow-left.png.pagespeed.ce.ZOS1BVAXPf.png) no-repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;display:block;height:21px;left:-28px;position:absolute;top:-2px;width:20px}a.photo-right{background:url(http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/x/www.nst.com.my/w1.nst.com.my/img/nst/gallery-arrow-right.png.pagespeed.ce.EOBtWvsDU9.png) no-repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;display:block;height:21px;position:absolute;right:-28px;top:-2px;width:20px}.st_email_hcount{display:none}.linklist li h4{display:none}ul.linklist{list-style-type:none}#sublist .news-content{min-height:80px}.icon-date{display:none}.vidtum h4,.tvbox h2{text-transform:capitalize}.news-thumbnail{float:left;margin:5px 10px 0 0;width:70px}#sidebar img{float:right}#wrapper{margin:0 auto 1px}.sidebar-container{width:300px}#navigation li a{padding:0 5px 0 10px}.tvBoxA{color:#fff}.box-columnist{border-bottom:1px dotted #ddd;padding:1px 0 15px 0;min-height:40px}.box-columnist img{margin:0pt 5px 0pt 0pt;max-width:50px;max-height:50px}.box-columnist h5{margin-bottom:-5px;margin-top:-5px}.box-columnist .lead-col{color:#000}.box-columnist .author-col{color:#d0a95c;font-size:10px}.box-columnist .lead-col{color:#000;font-size:11px}#top-news .main-section-title,#latest-news .main-section-title{border-top-color:#db4d2e}.featured-news-image{position:relative;border-top:1px dotted #ddd;padding:5px 0 0;line-height:.6}#photo-news{clear:left}.main-section-title,#video-news .main-section-title{border-top-color:#388784}#photo-news .main-section-title .active,#photo-news .main-section-title a:hover,#video-news .main-section-title .active,#photo-news .main-section-title a:hover{color:#388784}.featured-news-image h1{position:relative;bottom:0}.newsbox .section-title{display:none}.latest_news .linklist li{border-bottom:1px dotted #ddd}#latest_news .section-title{border-bottom:1px dotted #ddd}#artView .section-title{position:absolute;width:345px;left:-20px;border-bottom:none}#artView .section-title h3{padding-left:20px;font-size:15px}.artReel{font-size:15px;overflow:hidden;padding:1px 1px 0 275px;text-align:right;position:absolute;top:8px}.artReel ul{}.artReel li{float:left}.artReel li a{padding:0 5px 0 0;display:block}.artReel a:hover,.artReel a.active{opacity:1;color:#db4d2e}.artReel a{color:#000;font-size:11px;opacity:.7}#latest_news .section-title a{-moz-transition:padding .1s linear 0s;background:url(http://1-ps.googleusercontent.com/h/www.nst.com.my/img/nst/xmain-section-title-arrow.png.pagespeed.ic.kOx2qmZATF.png) no-repeat scroll right 3px transparent;color:#000;font-size:15px;padding:4px 13px 0 0}#latest_news .section-title a:hover{padding:4px 15px 0 0}.artBox{-moz-box-shadow:none;-webkit-box-shadow:none;box-shadow:none}.latest_news .linklist{border-top:1px dotted #ddd;margin:38px 5px 1px;width:310px}.timelink{float:left;width:50px;text-align:left;color:#ce2e42;font-size:13px}.titlelink{margin-left:50px;font-size:12px;padding-bottom:3px;color:#434343}.titlelink a{color:#434343}#top-news h3{font-size:15px}#artView #top-news{width:300px}#artView .news-content h3{color:#0ff}#top-news .main-section-title,.latest_news_more{display:none}#artView .news-content p{display:none}#artView .news-content{border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;padding:2px 0;width:300px}#artView{margin-bottom:0}#artContent .news-content{width:300px;color:#000;font-size:12px;padding:5px 1px 2px}#artContent .featured-news-image{border-top:none}.artBox{width:290px;background:#fff}.artBox .section-title-in{border-top:none;font-size:13px;color:#fff;text-indent:6px;border-bottom-color:#313131;text-shadow:0 0 0 transparent,0 1px 1px #222;padding:8px 0 5px}.artBox .section-title-in:after{display:none}.artBox .section-title{font-family:Droid-sans;margin-left:10px}.photo-news-container{padding:7px 0 0}.widefont{color:#fff;font-size:12px;padding:0 10px 10px}#artView,#video-news{margin-bottom:10px}.artContent{border-top:1px dotted #ddd;margin-top:38px;font-size:12px;padding:0 0 5px;width:300px}.artContent img{-moz-box-shadow:0 1px 5px rgba(0,0,0,.5);-webkit-box-shadow:0 1px 5px rgba(0,0,0,.5);box-shadow:0 1px 5px rgba(0,0,0,.5);max-width:300px}.artContent h2 a,.artBox .artContent h3 a{color:#005689}.artContent h2 a:hover,.artBox .artContent h3 a:hover{color:#db4d2e!important}.artContent h2,.artBox .artContent h3{font-size:22px;text-shadow:0 0 0 transparent,0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);padding:2px 0 5px}.artBox .artContent h3{font-size:14px;line-height:1.8;padding-bottom:0}.artContent p{padding:0}.div-table{display:table;border:1px solid #fff;font-size:11px;width:160px}.div-table-caption{display:table-caption;background:#929654}.div-table-row{display:table-row}.div-line{display:table-cell;padding:1px;border-top:1px solid #ededed;width:160px}.div-table-col{display:table-cell;padding:1px;border:1px solid #fff}.div-table-head{display:table-cell;background:#555b5f;color:#fff;padding:1px;border:1px solid #555b5f}#head{background:#000;color:#fff;border-right:1px solid #000}#adcatfish{position:fixed;bottom:0;width:100%;text-align:center;z-index:999}