KUALA LUMPUR: Just a month after being paired up, men’s doubles pair Choong Hon Jian and Goh Sze Fei have reached their first final after beating second seeds Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani in the Thailand International Challenge in Nakhon Ratchasima today.
The Malaysians took only 31 minutes to beat the Indonesians 21-15, 21-16 in their semifinal match and will face either Thai pair Chaloempon Charoenkitamorn and Nanthakarn Yordphaisong or Indonesians Alfian Eko Prasetya and Ade Yusuf Santoso.
The eighth seeded Malaysian team was put together after Nur Izzuddin Rumsani and Sze Fei split at the end of January.
The Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin combo had previously won the 2022 German Open, the 2022 Asian Team Badminton Championship gold and were also runners-up at the 2022 Switzerland Open.