Top seeds Peng Soon-Liu Ying tumble out of q-finals

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PETALING JAYA: Mixed doubles pair Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying have put themselves in a bind in their pursuit of an Olympic berth after they were bundled out in the quarter-finals of the Swiss Open.

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The 2016 Rio Olympics silver medallists became the first top seeds to get knocked out in Basel after losing 21-14,19-21,15-21 to Denmark’s Mathias Christiansen and Alexandra Boje on Friday.

The defeat will make it tougher for the independent pair to make it to Tokyo as they need to finish in the top eight of the rankings to earn another Olympic appearance.Peng Soon-Liu Ying have fallen down the pecking order to 13th spot and are now behind Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie and Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing .

“We came here to win the title and collect ranking points but we failed. Now we got to discuss with our coach on how to check our slide, ” said a disappointed Peng Soon.

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