Tang Jie-Ee Wei break Japan Open curse to reach semi-finals
The world No. 4 made light work of Japan's Yuichi Shimogami-Sayaka Hobara, winning 21-14, 21-12 in just 32 minutes at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
It marks Tang Jie-Ee Wei's fourth World Tour semi-final of the season, having previously made the last four at the Malaysia Open, India Open and Indonesia Open.
Malaysian fans will now turn their attention to world No. 6 Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai, who are bidding to make it an all-Malaysian semi-final.
The husband-and-wife pair will face defending champions and world No. 2 Jiang Zhen Bang-Wei Ya Xin of China later today.
Should they pull off an upset, Malaysia will be assured of a place in the final, boosting hopes of ending the nation's mixed doubles title drought at the Japan Open since Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying triumphed in 2012.
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