Daren Liu

Career

He reached a career high ranking of World Number.10. 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. 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.

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

Achievements

• His biggest success to date is having won the 2012 French Open Super Series. 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.