PETALING JAYA:
Mixed doubles shuttlers Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei were knocked out of the World Tour Finals (WTF) today after losing to a Chinese pair fired up by the home crowd at the semi-finals.
World No 2 pair Jiang Zhen Bang-Wei Ya Xin overcame the fourth ranked Malaysians 9-21, 21-11, 21-17 in a match lasting 57 minutes at the Olympics Sports Centre Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China, to book a place in the final.
Tang Jie-Ee Wei, who were runners-up at last year’s WTF at the same venue, won prize money of US$60,000 (RM244,686) for reaching the semi-finals.
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