French Open: Sze Fei-Izzuddin crush world No.1, 3 Malaysian pairs join them in semis

Four Malaysian pairs have made it to the French Open semi-finals, but Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin take the headlines after they eliminated world number one Kim Won-ho-Seo Seung-jae early Saturday morning.

The Malaysians served up a stunning 21-15, 21-18 victory over the South Koreans to end a two-match losing streak against their opponents at the Japan Open and World Championships this year.

"We stuck to our gameplan.  Physically I don't think we are at our best, but we tried to ensure our shot quality was there. It wasn't a comfortable victory despite what the scoreline suggest," they said.

Goh-Izzuddin will now march into the semis to face Indonesian pair Leo Carnando-Daniel Marthin, whom they have a good record against.

Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun are the other Malaysian pair in the last four, as they came through at the expense of Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik who retired after five points.

Soh is understood to have suffered a foot injury.

Man-Tee will also face an Indonesian pair in Raymond Indra-Nicklaus Joaquin.

The Malaysian contingent will also have a representative in the mixed doubles.

Hoo Pang Ron-Lai Pei Jing continued their blossoming partnership after they came through a gruelling 21-17, 20-22, 21-18 victory over their German opponents.

They will face sixth seeds Chinese pair Gou Xin Fa-Chen Fang Hui for a place in the final.

Last but not least are national women's pair Pearly Tan-M.Thinaah who also made the semis after an easy straight game 21-12, 21-15 win over Bulgarian sisters Gabriela-Stefani Stoeva.

They have a much tougher task in the last four against Japanese third seeds Rin Iwaniga-Kie Nakanishi.