KUALA LUMPUR: The national men’s doubles pair, Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik, advanced to the semi-finals of the 2025 China Open Badminton Championships in Changzhou after defeating another Malaysian pair in the quarterfinals today.
The second seeds put on an energetic display to down Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun 21-16, 21-16 at the Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, improving their head-to-head record to 4-3.
Aaron-Wooi Yik are set to face the Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty, who had earlier ousted Malaysia’s Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi, 21-18, 21-14.
Also making it to the last four are national women’s doubles pair, Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah, who put on a consistent showing to defeat Japan’s Yuki Fukushima-Mayu Matsumoto, 21-16, 21-12.
They are set to face the host pair, Jia Yi Fan-Zhang Shu Xian, against whom they have won only once in four previous encounters. – BERNAMA
