Daren Liew

Jayce September 6, 2024 1 0

Character Introduction

In 2012, Daren Liew made it to the last eight of the All England Premier and Swiss Open tournaments, and his world ranking jumped eight levels to a new high of No. 28. In May of the same year, he represented the national team to play in the Thomas Cup held in Wuhan, China, and lost 1-2 in the last eight against China’s top men’s singles player, Lin Dan, after taking the first set.

In 2012, Daren Liew played in the French Badminton Superseries and won his first career Superseries Men’s Singles title, defeating Assalçon in the Men’s Singles final 2-0 (21-18,21-17).

In August 2013, Daren Liew competed in the Men’s Singles event at the World Badminton Championships in Guangzhou, China. He defeated Vladimir Markov of Russia 2-1 in the first round, and then beat Wong Tsz-Liang of Singapore 2-0 in the second round to advance; however, he faced the No. 2 seed Chen Long of China in the third round, and lost in straight sets, stopping in the round of 16.

In 2014, Daren Liew played as captain in the third singles of the Thomas Cup and did not win a single match from the preliminary round to the semifinals, but fortunately advanced to the final by taking points from the victories of the team members who were on the court before him. In the final, Malaysia took on Japan in a fairly close match that dragged into the decider 2-2. In the final match, Liu Guolun took on Japan’s Toma Ueda, eventually losing 1-2 to his opponent, allowing Japan to win the Thomas Cup for the first time.

At the 2018 Badminton World Championships in Nanjing, China, Daren Liew knocked out Indonesian youngster Jonatan and Indian star Srikanth, and his match against Japan’s Kanta Tsuneyama went to 13-13 in the 2nd set when Liu broke his foot during a net shot. Tough to beat Japan’s Kanta Tsuneyama 2-1 to advance to the quarterfinals, but ultimately defeated Japan’s top player Kento Momota did not qualify for the finals, won the bronze medal, a personal best result in the World Championships.