This Malaysian Mixed Doubles Pair Might Bring Home An Olympics Gold Medal!
The duo beat Xu Chen-Ma Jin from China in an impressive semi final match.
By John Lim — 16 Aug 2016, 10:20 AM
Malaysian mixed doubles pair of Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying are one match away from a gold medal after beating China's Xu Chen-Ma Jin in the semi-finals
The Malaysians won in an impressive straight set of 21-12, 21-19 against the 2012 London Olympics silver medallists in 45 minutes on Monday, 15 August. It was only their third win in 10 meetings.
The world no. 11 pair still couldn't believe that they've made it to the finals
“We still can’t believe that we are in the final. We had dreamed of this but to have actually done it is an amazing feeling.
"We knew we had a chance as the China pair were under as much pressure as we were. We told ourselves that we had to keep focused and minimise our mistakes," Peng Soon told the New Straits Times.
Liu Ying attributed their win to the constant encouragement they gave to each other whenever mistakes were made
“We constantly encouraged each other as we didn’t want to fail having come so far," she said.
Peng Soon-Liu Ying also made history by becoming the first Malaysian mixed doubles pair to reach the Olympic finals since badminton was introduced in the 1992 Barcelona Games
The pair will be facing Indonesia's Tontowi Ahmad-Liliyana Natsir in the finals on 17 August, Wednesday
The match will be broadcasted live from Rio on 17 August, Wednesday at 11.30pm.
Congrats again, Peng Soon and Liu Ying! All the best in the finals! We'll be rooting for both of you! :D
