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KUALA LUMPUR – National men’s doubles favourites Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik are one step closer to the final after crushing Taipei’s Chang Ko-Chi-Po Li-Wei at the last eight round of the Malaysia Masters today.
They worked up quite a good sweat as it was a point-by-point match from the start of the game but managed to stay consistent with their tactics and scored 23-21, 21-16 in 46 minutes.
Their victory gives Malaysians hope to clinch the Malaysia Masters title again for the first time since 2013, which was won by Goh V Shem-Lim Khim Wah.
Earlier, national men’s doubles Junaidi Arif-Muhammad Haikal Nazri were no match for Indonesia’s favourites Fajar Alfian-Muhammad Rian Ardianto as they were thrashed in the quarterfinal of the Malaysia Masters today.
Despite the huge score gap in the first set, 21-10, the Malaysians did their best to try and keep up with their fifth-ranked opponents.
The latter, however, proved to be unbeatable and won the second set 21-16 in the 30-minute match.
Malaysia also suffered another defeat after mixed doubles Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie lost against China’s Zheng Si Wei-Huang Ya Qiong 21-10, 21-14 in just 26 minutes.– The Vibes, July 8, 2022