All-England: Sze Fei-Izzuddin hold advantage over opponents in second round clash

Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin will hold the advantage against South Korea’s Kim Won-ho-Seo Seung-jae in their All-England second round clash, after they came through with a convincing first round victory.

The world number two pair were clinical in their 21-17, 21-14 victory over another South Korean pair Kim Gi-jung-Kim Sa-rang on Wednesday.

It was a convincing, assured performance that was needed considering most of the Malaysian representation had already been eliminated.

“Our preparation was better than theirs,” said Goh-Izzuddin after their 37-minute victory.

They will face Kim-Seo who are stronger on paper having already won the Malaysia Open and German Open titles this year.

But Goh-Izzuddin will go into this match with the advantage, having beaten Kim-Seo in an epic three-game India Open final.

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“It will be a tough match. We will continue to focus on our preparations as usual,” they said.

Goh-Izzuddin are only one of three Malaysian pairs left in this Super 1000 event.

Pearly Tan-M.Thinaah are due to face Indonesia’s Apriyani Rahayu-Siti Fadia Ramadhanti in the women’s doubles, while top seeds Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei have Scottish pair Alexander Dunn-Julie Macpherson for company in the mixed doubles.