Liew Daren

Liew Daren
Personal information
Country	Malaysia
Born	(1987-08-06) 6 August 1987 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's singles
Career title(s)	2
Highest ranking	10 (7 March 2013)
Current ranking	140 (25 February 2016)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing Malaysia Thomas Cup 2014 New Delhi Team Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Mixed team Southeast Asian Games 2009 Vientiane Men's team 2011 Jakarta Men's team
BWF profile
Updated on 23:42, 27 May 2014 (UTC).

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Liew.

Liew Daren
Traditional Chinese	劉國倫
Simplified Chinese	刘国伦
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Liú Guólún

Liew Daren (born 6 August 1987 in Kuala Lumpur) is a Malaysian professional badminton player. His biggest success to date is having won the 2012 French Open Super Series. He reached a career high ranking of World No.10.

Career

During the 2012 Thomas Cup quarter-final, he was defeated by Lin Dan from China, but not before he brought it into a rubber game of 21–17, 9–21 and 5–21.

His best performance was during the Yonex French Open, where he won his first Super Series title on 28 October 2012 after beating Viktor Axelsen from Denmark with the scores of 21–18 and 21–17.

The 2014 Thomas Cup finals saw Liew facing off against Takuma Ueda from Japan in a gripping battle to break the tie between Malaysia and Japan, who were even at 2–2 as they entered the decisive third Men's Singles match. Liew lost to Ueda after the match went into a rubber game, scoring 21–12, 18–21 and 21–17.

Achievements

Finals: 3 (3 titles, 0 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score
Winner	2005	Chinese Taipei Satellite	Erwin Djohan
Winner	2012	French Super Series	Viktor Axelsen	21–18, 21–17
Winner	2015	Polish Open	Emil Holst	21–15, 21–11

External links

• Profile at Badminton Association of Malaysia