Malaysia Open: Soon Huat-Shevon go down to Thais in home semis

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Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie’s hopes to end the country’s nine-year wait for a mixed doubles finalist in the Malaysia Open were dashed when they bowed out in the semi-finals on Saturday (Jan 11).  The world No. 6 went down 21-17, 12-21, 21-16 to Thailand’s newly-paired world No. 57 Dechapol Puavaranukroh-Supissara Paewsampran.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/KKzPD  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00It's really sad for both of us because we really want to get to the finals 100%, 200% for Malaysia this time.

00:22But this is a good chance, a difficult chance to get.

00:26But I think we gave it all our best on court today and this week I think it's been a good run for us to maintain our performance on court.

00:38Our individual abilities, I think we've really done our very best.

00:44In the first set, did you see any problems?

00:49In the first set, we were following their speed and power.

00:54But in the second set, our mentality was a bit low.

01:00So from there, they pushed us with their speed and power.

01:03Then we had to make a mistake and we had to think of a new game, a new tactical game.

01:11So from there, it was a bit slow.

01:14So we focused more on the second set.

01:19The two of them, especially Dejapo, really know how to attack for the two of us because we've always been training with them.

01:31So I think he's quite familiar with our game.

01:34He's usually like that.

01:38But actually, I can prepare for that as well.

01:42Today, my condition wasn't that good.

01:47I think I have to fix on that.

01:49Because the boy is a very strong back.

01:53I would say he's quite an all-rounder as well.

01:55He can play from the front, he can play from the back, he can play from the side.

01:58I think to want to overcome them again, I think we have to be both at the same performance level.

02:04Especially my side, because he's very prone to attacking the female player.

02:10So I have to be strong in order to match up with them if we meet again next round.

02:28I think I have to be strong in order to match up with them if we meet again next round.

02:33I think I have to be strong in order to match up with them if we meet again next round.

02:38I think I have to be strong in order to match up with them if we meet again next round.

02:43I think I have to be strong in order to match up with them if we meet again next round.

02:48I think I have to be strong in order to match up with them if we meet again next round.

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