Strong support from the home fans at the Axiata Arena had definitely inspired Yew Sin-Ee Yi as they went all out in the second round today.
The world No 10 pair took 41 minutes to prevail against the world No 4 Taiwanese duo, 21-17, 21-18.
Commenting on the match, Yew Sin said the cheers from the fans had certainly given them an advantage in their second win over the opponents after their rubber set victory in the quarterfinals of the 2021 World Championships, last year.
“Thank God we won today, we did not expect anything before the game started, we only planned to take it point by point and give our best fight,” he told reporters after the match.
Yew Sin-Ee Yi will square off against sixth seeds Fajar Alfian-Rian Ardianto of Indonesia, who beat Mark Lamsfuss-Marvin Seidel 19-21, 21-10, 21-15.
Meanwhile, 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games bronze medallists Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik were truly on fire from start to finish to overcome the challenge from Singapore’s Hee Yong Kai Terry-Loh Kean Hean with a 21-16, 21-13 win.
Aaron-Wooi Yik has set up a fiery contest against ‘The Daddies’, Mohammad Ahsan-Hendra Setiawan, in what would be a repeat of their bronze medal match at the Tokyo Olympics last year.
The Indonesian duo had earlier defeated He Ji Ting-Zhou Hao Dong from China 21-13, 21-10.
On the quarterfinals action tomorrow, Aaron hoped that they can reproduce their form in Tokyo to again oust the Indonesians.
It was a lucky day for 2022 German Open champions Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani as they received a ‘free pass’ to the quarterfinals after their opponents Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty of India gave a walkover before the game started.
It is believed that an injury to one of the Indian players caused them to pull out from the match.
Newly crowned Indonesia Open champions Liu Yu Chen-Ou Xuan Yi of China prevented an all-Malaysian affair by disposing of professional pair Tan Kian Meng-Tan Wee Kiong 21-18, 17-21, 21-14.
The result means that Yu Chen-Xuan Yi will take on Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin in the last eight tomorrow.