KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's interest in the Indonesia Masters came to an end on Saturday when Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie crashed out in the mixed doubles semi-finals.
The Malaysians, who could have become the new national No 1 had they reached the final, went down 21-18, 21-14 to sixth seeds Zhang Siwei-Huang Yaqiong of China in 30 minutes at the Istora Senayan Indoor Stadium in Jakarta.
Soon Huat-Shevon, however, should be proud of their run as it was their second semi-final appearance after the recent Malaysia Masters.
Shevon said: “I am disappointed because we did not play well today, both technically and tactically.”
"We were not composed as our eagerness to win affected our play,” said Shevon.
Siwei-Yaqiong play top seeds Tontowi Ahmad-Liliyana Natsir of Indonesia in the final on Sunday.
Soon Huat-Shevon will travel to New Delhi for the India Open next week where the World No 13 will open against Denmark's Anders Skaarup Rasmussen-Line Kjaersfeldt.
SEMI-FINAL RESULTS
Men's singles: Kazumasa Sakai (Jpn) bt Son Wan Ho (Kor) 21-18, 20-22, 21-15; Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Ina) bt Chou Tien Chen (Tai) 21-16, 13-21, 21-12;
Doubles: Li Junhui-Liu Yuchen (Chn) bt Liu Cheng-Zhang Nan (Chn) 26-24, 14-21, 21-12; Marcus Fernaldi Gideon-Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (Ina) bt Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty (Ind) 21-14, 21-11;
Women's singles: Tai Tzu Ying (Tai) bt He Bingjiao (Chn) 19-21, 21-15, 21-15; Saina Nehwal (Ind) bt Ratchanok Intanon (Tha) 21-19, 21-19;
Doubles: Greysia Polii-Apriyani Rahayu (Ina) bt Lee So Hee-Shin Seung Chan (Kor) 21-11, 17-21, 21-17; Misaki Matsutomo-Ayaka Takahashi (Jpn) bt Kamilla Rytter Juhl-Christinna Pedersen (Den) 23-25, 21-15, 21-16;
Mixed doubles: Tontowi Ahmad-Liliyana Natsir (Ina) bt Praveen Jordan-Melati Daeva Oktavianti (Ina) 22-20, 21-17; Zheng Siwei-Huang Yaqiong (Chn) bt Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie 21-18, 21-14.