Darren advances to Malaysia Masters main draw despite injury

KUALA LUMPUR: Despite nursing an injury, independent men's singles shuttler, Darren Liew breezed through two qualifying matches at the Malaysia Masters 2020 which opened at Axiata Arena yesterday.

Darren who has been suffering a back pain in the last two week, easily disposed of Subhankar Dey of India 21-15, 21-15 and Zhao Jun Peng of China 21-15, 21-15 to join the main draw.

“I was trailing 0-4 to Zhao initially but I managed to pull out of the slum with more aggressive tactics. Playing two matches in a day is bearable physically.”