Paris Paralympics: Liek Hou, Fareez one step away from epic all-Malaysian final

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The national para-badminton camp is just one step away from making history after Cheah Liek Hou and Muhammad Fareez Anuar stormed into the semi-finals of the men’s singles SU5 (physical impairment) category at the Paris Paralympic Games.   Based on the head-to-head records of the semi-finalists, Cheah and Fareez seem to have a slight advantage over Indonesians Dheva Anrimusthi and Suryo Nugroho.   Read more at https://shorturl.at/yOLSy   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news  SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar  LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The national para badminton camp is one step away from creating history

00:05to make it an all-Malaysian final in the Paris Paralympic Games.

00:09Defending champion Cheah Liek Ho and his team-mate Mohamed Fareez Anuar stormed

00:16into the semi-finals of the men's singles Physical Impairment or SU5 category.

00:22Cheah will meet Deva Anrimusti of Indonesia in a rematch of the Tokyo 2020 final,

00:29while Fareez will face Indonesia's Suryo Nugroho at Port de la Chapelle Arena on Sunday night

00:35Paris time. Both Malaysians made it into the final after topping their groups.

00:40In their last group matches, Cheah beat Suryo 21-10, 21-13 to top group A,

00:48and Fareez overcame Japan's Taiyo Imai 17-21, 21-17, 21-17 to top group B.

00:58Fareez has enjoyed a fine run after stunning second-seeded Fang Zhenyu of Taiwan

01:04in straight games and former world champion Anrimusti in rubber sets.

01:10Based on head-to-head records, Cheah and Fareez seem to have a slight advantage. Cheah beat

01:16Anrimusti eight times in 15 meetings, while Fareez won five out of eight times against Suryo.

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