Third seeds Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi staged a magnificent fightback from a game down in the men’s doubles to stun Indonesian top seeds Fajar Alfian-Muhammad Rian Ardianto 10-21, 21-17, 21-19 in their last Group A match at the Nimibutr Arena.

Yew Sin-Ee Yi topped the group with two wins while Fajar-Muhammad Rian, who also recorded two wins, settled for second place after losing to the Malaysians.

In the mixed doubles, Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing had to slog for a 21-17, 22-20 win over Supak Jomkoh-Supissara Paewsampran of Thailand.

It was the Malaysian pair’s second win in Group B, making them runners-up behind Thai second seeds Dechapol Puavaranukroh-Sapsiree Taerattanachai, who have three wins.

The draw for the semi-finals is expected to be held after the last match of the day tonight.

Another national independent pair, Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie had to concede a walkover to top seeds Zheng Si Wei-Huang Ya Qiong of China after Soon Huat suffered an injury before their final Group A match today.

In the women’s doubles, national pairs Pearly Tan-M Thinaah and Vivian Hoo-Lim Chiew Sen ended their campaign with a whimper after falling to their third straight group losses.

The unseeded Pearly-Thinaah succumbed 19-21, 22-20, 9-21 to China’s second-seeded Zhang Shu Xian-Zheng Yu in Group B while Vivian-Chiew Sen went down 10-21, 17-21 to Thailand’s Jongkolphan Kititharakul-Rawinda Prajongjai in 37 minutes in Group A.