Aaron-Wooi Yik sail into Denmark Open quarterfinals

Aaron-Wooi Yik sail into Denmark Open quarterfinals

They beat French duo Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar to advance to the last eight.

World champions Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik needed just 31 minutes to wrap their match up. (AP pic)
KUALA LUMPUR:
World champions Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik continued their brilliant run to advance to the quarterfinals of the Denmark Open in Odense today.

The top national pair took 31 minutes to dispose of French duo of Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar 21-13, 21-18 in a match held at Jyske Bank Arena.

Aaron-Wooi Yik who are ranked fourth in the world, will meet Indian pair R Satwiksairaj and Chirag Shetty, the tournament’s seven seeds, tomorrow.

Also qualifying for the quarterfinals is men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia who crushed Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan 21-5, 21-19 in the second round today.

The world No 3 faces Indonesian Jonatan Christie next.

Meanwhile, national mixed doubles pair Goh Soon Huat and Shevon Jemie Lai caused an upset by beating compatriots Tan Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jing 18-21, 24-22, 22-20.

The duo, ranked 13th in the world, will take on second seeds Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino of Japan next in the last eight.

But top women’s doubles team of Pearly Tan and M Thinaah were eliminated by tournament top seeds Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan of China 21-18, 20-22, 21-17.

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