National men’s doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik stormed into the quarter-finals of the China Open after an easy win over France’s Christo Popov-Toma Junior Popov.
The world No 2 pair just took 35 minutes to win 21-17, 21-18 over the French brothers, who are ranked 18 rungs below them. This is their second win over the French duo in their two encounters.
Aaron-Wooi Yik, who were eliminated in the first round of the Japan Open last week, were in fiery form today.
Their win assures Malaysia of a semi-final spot as Aaron-Wooi Yik will play either Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun or Nur Azriyn Ayub-Tan Wee Kiong in the quarter-finals.
Three other Malaysian pairs have qualified for the tournament’s quarter-finals, namely men’s doubles pair Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi, mixed doubles shuttlers Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei and women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan-M Thinaah.
The China Open is a World Tour Super 1000 event which offers a total cash prize of US$2 million (RM8.4 million).
