KUALA LUMPUR – At least one Malaysian men’s doubles pair will enter the semi-final stage of the China Open badminton championships in Changzhou, as Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yii and Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik face off in the quarter-finals, tomorrow.
Yew Sin-Ee Yii defeated Denmark’s Rasmus Kjær-Frederik Søgaard 21-12, 21-17 while Aaron-Wooi Yik triumphed over He Ji Ting-Zhou Hao Dong of China 21-16, 21-17 in the second round of the tournament at the Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium earlier today to set up the clash.
Meanwhile, women’s doubles pairs Vivian Hoo-Lim Chiew Sien and Anna Ching Yik Cheong-Teoh Mei Xing bowed out in the second round of the tournament.
Vivian-Chiew Sien lost to the second seeds from South Korea, Baek Ha Na-Lee So Hee 17-21, 14-21 while Anna-Mei Xing lost to Japan’s Rena Miyaura-Ayako Sakuramoto 11-21, 18- 21. – Bernama, September 7, 2023
