Goh Soon Huat (Chinese: 吳塤閥; pinyin: Wú Xūnfá; born 27 June 1990) is a Malaysian badminton player.[2] He was a part of the Malaysia team that won bronze in the men's team event at the Incheon 2014 Asian Games.[3][4] He switched to mixed doubles and paired up with Shevon Jemie Lai due to a lack of performance in the singles department.[5] His best achievement is winning the mixed doubles title at the 2018 Singapore Open with Lai, where they beat the 2016 Olympic gold medalists Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir in the final in straight games.
Personal life
On 29 December 2022, Goh and Lai announced their engagement after dating each other for more than two years.[6] They were married on 4 May 2024.[7]
In the first semester of 2024, Goh and his partner Shevon Jemie Lai won two BWF World Tour title in the Swiss Open and Malaysia Masters. In September, they reached their first ever BWF World Tour Super 1000 final in the China Open. However, they lost to home pair, world number 3 Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping in a close rubber games.[10]
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[11] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[12]
^Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
