KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — World champions Aaron Chia – Soh Wooi Yik continued their brilliant run into the quarter-finals of the 2022 Denmark Open in Odense today.
The top national pair took 31 minutes to dispose of the French duo of Lucas Corvee – Ronan Labar 21 – 13, 21 – 18 in a match held at Jyske Bank Arena in Odense.
Aaron – Wooi Yik, who are ranked fourth in the world, are down to meet Indian pair, R Satwiksairaj – Chirag Shetty, the tournament’s seven seeds in the quarter-finals tomorrow.
Also qualifying for the quarter-finals is national men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia who crushed Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan, 21 – 5, 21 – 19 in the second round today.
The world’s number three player will meet Indonesian Jonatan Christie next.
Meanwhile, national mixed doubles Goh Soon Huat – Lai Shevon Jemie created an upset with a hard-fought victory over eighth seeds and compatriots Tan Kian Meng – Lai Pei Jing, 18 – 21, 24 – 22, 22 – 20.
The pair ranked 13th in the world will be meeting second seeds Yuta Watanabe – Arisa Higashino of Japan in the quarter-finals.
Nonetheless, the top national women’s doubles, Pearly Tan – M. Thinaah gave their best but were eliminated by tournament top seeds Chen Qing Chen – Jia Yi Fan of China, 21 – 18, 20 – 22, 21 – 17.
— Bernama
