Home heroes: Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik (in green attires) beat Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin Rumsani in the second round at the Malaysian Open. - S.S.KANESAN/THE STAR
KUALA LUMPUR: It was a day to remember for professional doubles shuttlers Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi.
Yew Sin-Ee Yi pulled off an incredible show to upstage Denmark's No. 1 pair Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 21-10, 11-21, 24-22 for the first time in their fifth attempt to storm into the Malaysian Open quarter-finals at the Axiata Arena on Thursday (Jan 11).
They will face former world champions Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi of Japan in the semis on Friday.
National men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik are also through to the quarters after disposing off fellow Malaysians Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani 21-15, 21-16.
Aaron-Wooi Yik will also have an equally tough task to keep Malaysia's flag flying high as they face reigning world champions Kang Min-hyuk-Seo Seung-jae of South Korea.
However, it was the end of the road for the remaining Malaysians in the tournament.
It was a total wipeout in the mixed doubles as Chan Peng Soon-Cheah Yee See, Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei and Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie crashed out in the second round.
The sole women’s singles shuttler Goh Jin Wei also fell short after losing 15-21, 22-24 to Indonesia’s Gregoria Tunjung.
RESULTS
(Malaysians unless stated)
SECOND ROUND
Men’s singles: Shi Yuqi (Chn) bt Toma Junior Popov (Fra) 21-13, 21-5; Anders Antonsen (Den) bt Koki Watanabe (Jpn) 21-14, 21-17; Viktor Axelsen (Den) bt Lee Cheuk Yiu (Hkg) 21-17, 20-22, 21-17; Lu Guangzu (Chn) bt Anthony Ginting (Ina) 23-21, 25-23; Angus Ng Ka Long (Hkg) bt K. Srikanth (Ind) 21-13, 21-17; Kodai Naraoka (Jpn) bt Brian Yang (Can) 22-20, 20-22, 21-16; Lin Chun-yi (Tpe) bt Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Tha) 21-18, 21-16.
Men’s doubles: Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi bt Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Den) 21-10, 11-21, 24-22; Kang Min-hyuk-Seo Seung-jae (Kor) bt Lee Jhe-huei-Yang Po-hsuan (Tpe) 21-13, 21-14; Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik bt Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani 21-15, 21-16; He Jiting-Ren Xiangyu (Chn) bt Mohammad Ahsan-Hendra Setiawan (Ina) 21-17, 15-7, rtd; Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty (Ind) bt Lucas Corvee-Ronan Labar (Fra) 21-11, 21-18; Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi (Jpn) bt Alexander Dunn-Adam Hall (Sco) 21-11, 21-13.
Women’s singles: Yeo Jia Min (Sin) bt Han Yue (Chn) 16-21, 21-19, 22-20; Gregoria Mariska (Ina) bt Goh Jin Wei 21-15, 24-22; Chen Yufei (Chn) bt Ratchanok Intanon (Tha) 21-15, 21-18; Tai Tzu-ying (Tpe) bt Busanan Ongbamrungphan (Tha) 21-7, 21-11; An Se-young (Kor) bt Yvonne Li (Ger) 21-13, 21-8; He Bingjiao (Chn) bt Wang Zhiyi (Chn) 16-21, 21-19, 21-11; Akane Yamaguchi (Jpn) bt Kristy Gilmour (Sco) 21-9, 21-14; Zhang Yiman (Chn) bt Hsu Wen-chi (Tpe) 21-8, 21-10.
Women’s doubles: Chen Qingchen-Jia Yifan (Chn) bt Maiken Fruergaard-Sara Thygesen (Den) 21-13, 22-20; Rin Iwanaga-Kie Nakanishi (Jpn) bt Kim So-yeong-Kong Hee-yong (Kor) 21-16, 21-16; Tanisha Crasto-Ashwini Ponnappa (Ind) bt Mayu Matsumoto-Wakana Nagahara (Jpn) 21-19, 13-21, 21-15; Liu Shengshu-Tan Ning (Chn) bt Li Yijing-Luo Xumin (Chn) 21-19, 21-10; Li Wenmei-Liu Xuanxuan (Chn) bt Jongkolphan Kititharakul-Rawinda Prajongjai (Tha) 19-21, 22-20, 21-14; Zhang Shuxian-Zheng Yu (Chn) bt Annie Xu-Kerry Xu (Usa) 21-14, 21-8.
Mixed doubles: Dechapol Puavaranukroh-Sapsiree Taerattanachai (Tha) bt Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie 21-15, 21-12; Hiroki Midorikawa-Natsu Saito (Jpn) bt Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei 24-22, 21-14; Yuta Watanabe-Arisa Higashino (Jpn) bt Mathias Thyrri-Amalie Magelund (Den) 21-15, 21-11; Zheng Siwei-Huang Yaqiong (Chn) bt Rehan Naufal-Lisa Ayu (Ina) 21-18, 21-17; Seo Seung-jae-Chae Yu-jung (Kor) bt Dejan Ferdinansyah-Gloria Emanuelle (Ina) 21-12, 21-16; Kim Won-ho-Jeong Na-eun (Kor) bt Kyohei Yamashita-Naru Shinoya (Jpn) 11-21, 21-17, 21-18; Jiang Zhenbang-Wei Yaxin (Chn) bt Chan Peng Soon-Cheah Yee See 21-14, 21-14; Terry Hee-Jessica Tan (Sin) bt Supak Jomkoh-Supissara Paewsampran (Tha) 21-14, 23-21.
