KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 — Men’s doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik advanced to the semi-finals of the China Open in Changzhou after defeating another Malaysian pair in the quarter-finals today.
The second seeds put on an energetic display to down Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun 21-16, 21-16 at the Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, improving their head-to-head record to 4-3.
Aaron-Wooi Yik are set to face India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty, who earlier ousted Malaysia’s Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi 21-18, 21-14.
Also making it to the last four were national women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah, who put on a consistent showing to defeat Japan’s Yuki Fukushima-Mayu Matsumoto 21-16, 21-12.
They are set to face host pair Jia Yi Fan-Zhang Shu Xian, against whom they have won only once in four previous encounters.
— Bernama
