Aaron-Wooi Yik to skip Japan, Korean Opens due to injury


Aaron and Wooi Yik will miss the back-to-back Japan and Korean Opens owing to injury.

PETALING JAYA: Men's doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik will miss the back-to-back Japan Open (Aug 20-25) and Korean Open (Aug 27-Sept 1) after the latter picked up an injury en route to capturing bronze in the Paris Olympics.

"I picked up a slight injury in the semi-finals in Paris (against China's Liang Weikeng-Wang Chang)," Wooi Yik told a post-Olympics press conference at Akademi Badminton Malaysia in Bukit Kiara on Tuesday (Aug 13).

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