KUALA LUMPUR: National men’s doubles specialist Tan Boon Heong can’t stand losing to the same opponents twice. 

Last year, he and partner Koo Kien Keat lost to Taiwan’s Tsai Chia-hsin-Hu Chung-hsien in the second round of the China Open and Japan's Shuichi Sakamoto-Ikeda Shintaro in the third round of the World Championships.

By LIM TEIK HUAT 

PETALING JAYA: Top Malaysian men’s singles player Lee Chong Wei faces an easy route to the semi-finals of next month’s Swiss Open but it could be early exits for team-mates Mohd Hafiz Hashim and Wong Choong Hann.