Malaysia’s top doubles pairs advance to the India Open semifinals, with Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah and Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik winning their quarterfinal matches.
MALAYSIA’S top women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah have progressed to the semifinals of the India Open.
The tournament’s second seeds defeated Taiwan’s Hsieh Pei Shan-Hung En Tzu 21-16, 21-10 in a 33-minute quarterfinal at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex.
Pearly-Thinaah will face Japanese duo Yuki Fukushima-Mayu Matsumoto in the semifinals.
National men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik also advanced after beating Taiwan’s Lee Jhe-Huei-Yang Po Hsuan 21-19, 21-14.
The world number two pair will meet either Taiwan’s Liu Kuang Heng-Yang Po Han or Japan’s Hiroki Midorikawa-Kyohei Yamashita next.
In mixed doubles, Malaysians Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai were narrowly defeated by China’s top seeds Feng Yan Zhe-Huang Dong Ping 19-21, 21-19, 18-21.