The bronze medallists at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics lost 19-21, 21-15, 17-21 to the world’s top pair, Liang Wei Keng-Wang Chang, from China, in a fiercely contested semi-final.

The 2022 world champions will next face a challenge from the world number two pair from Denmark, Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen, in the bronze medal match on Sunday.

Aaron said although they missed the chance to go one up this time, a bronze medal was still very valuable and meaningful for the country.

“We have done our best, but sometimes we don’t get the results we want. We had our game plan correct, but the shots didn’t go right and we made many unforced errors.

“We still have one more match, so we need to come up with the right game plan because we want to bring home a medal,” he said after the match.

Meanwhile, Wooi Yik said they did not want to put too much pressure on themselves, given their experience of competing for the bronze medal in the previous edition.

“No matter what the outcome is, we will try to go all out.

“The match earlier was very intense and we gave our best to challenge them, but maybe at crucial points or some moments, we rushed.

“We tried to regain focus, but towards the end, we couldn’t control it though we tried to calm down. I think they were better (at controlling the match and their emotions),” he said.

Another semi-final match saw defending champions Lee Yang-Wang Chi Lin from Taiwan come from a game down to defeat Astrup-Rasmussen 18-21, 21-17, 21-10.

In the semi-finals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Aaron-Wooi Yik were defeated by Chinese pair Li Jun Hui-Liu Yu Chen before stunning former world champions Mohammad Ahsan-Hendra Setiawan from Indonesia to bring home the bronze medal.