KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 — Malaysia’s top men’s doubles pair, Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik, successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the Denmark Open badminton tournament after defeating compatriots Yap Roy King-Aaron Tai in an all-Malaysian match today.
Playing at the SJF Bank Arena in Odense, the former world champions faced no trouble in overcoming their opponents with a 21-18, 21-11 straight-set victory.
Aaron-Wooi Yik are scheduled to face either the Chinese pair of Hu Ke Yuan-Ren Xiang Yi or the Japanese duo of Hiroki Okamura-Kyohei Yamashita in the battle for a semifinal spot.
In another development, national professional mixed doubles pair Hoo Pang Ron-Lai Pei Jing pulled off an upset by defeating world number 5 pair Dechapol Puavaranukroh-Supissara Paewsampran of Thailand, thereby marching into the quarterfinals.
The pair, ranked 51st in the world, displayed a solid performance to win in straight sets 21-7, 21-11 in just 24 minutes.
Pang Ron-Pei Jing will meet the winner of another second-round match today involving the French combination of Thom Gicquel-Delphine Delrue, who are set to face Japan’s Akira Koga-Natsu Saito.
