PETALING JAYA: Reigning Asian men’s doubles champions Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik were shown the exit at the Indonesia Open after suffering a shock first round defeat at the hands of Danish pair Rasmus Kjaer-Frederik Sogaard in Jakarta today.
The world No 3 shuttlers lost in three games to the 16th ranked pair 13-21, 21-19, 18-21 in a match that lasted nearly an hour.
They had beaten the Danish duo at the last three encounters – at the All England Open, the Malaysia Masters, and the Singapore Open.
The defeat means that Aaron-Wooi Yik will have to wait for a record four titles in a year. They had won the Badminton Asia Championships in April, the Thailand Open last month and the Singapore Open last week after qualifying for four consecutive finals.
Rasmus-Frederik will meet India’s Chirag Shetty-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy in the second round tomorrow.