Double blow as Aaron-Wooi Yik fail to make semis in China
They lost the final group match in three games to Indian pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty.
They lost the final group match in three games to Indian pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty.
Their loss in the second group tie means they must beat India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty tomorrow to stand a chance of reaching the semi-finals.
The world No 2 duo defeated Indonesia’s Leo Rolly Carnando–Maulana Bagas in straight games in the semi-final.
The world No 2 duo fell to an Indonesian pair at the quarter-finals after compatriots Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun had booked a last four spot earlier.
Malaysia suffered a major setback when six of the seven doubles pairs lost in the quarter-finals.
KUALA LUMPUR: Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik’s bid to reach the China Masters final fell short after they were beaten 21-17, 21-14 by India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty in the semi-finals in Shenzhen on Saturday.
KUALA LUMPUR: Cometh the hour, cometh the man — and Aaron Chia embodied that spirit as he dragged himself and Soh Wooi Yik from the brink of defeat to reach the China Masters quarter-finals in Shenzhen on Thursday.
KUALA LUMPUR: World No. 2 Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik steadied their nerves to check into the second round of the China Masters with a hard-fought 23-21, 19-21, 21-19 victory over Taiwan’s Liu Kuang Heng-Yang Po Han in Shenzhen today.
KUALA LUMPUR: National men's doubles head coach Herry Iman Pierngadi has expressed concern over the alarming slump in form of world No. 2 pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik, who suffered yet another first-round exit at the Hong Kong Open.