KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — World champions Aaron Chia - Soh Wooi Yik continued their brilliant run into the quarter-finals of the 2022 Denmark Open in Odense today.
The top national pair took 31 minutes to dispose of the French duo of Lucas Corvee - Ronan Labar 21 - 13, 21 - 18 in a match held at Jyske Bank Arena in Odense.
Aaron - Wooi Yik, who are ranked fourth in the world, are down to meet Indian pair, R Satwiksairaj - Chirag Shetty, the tournament’s seven seeds in the quarter-finals tomorrow.
Also qualifying for the quarter-finals is national men’s singles shuttler Lee Zii Jia who crushed Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan, 21 - 5, 21 - 19 in the second round today.
The world's number three player will meet Indonesian Jonatan Christie next.
Meanwhile, national mixed doubles Goh Soon Huat - Lai Shevon Jemie created an upset with a hard-fought victory over eighth seeds and compatriots Tan Kian Meng - Lai Pei Jing, 18 - 21, 24 - 22, 22 - 20.
The pair ranked 13th in the world will be meeting second seeds Yuta Watanabe - Arisa Higashino of Japan in the quarter-finals.
Nonetheless, the top national women’s doubles, Pearly Tan - M. Thinaah gave their best but were eliminated by tournament top seeds Chen Qing Chen - Jia Yi Fan of China, 21 - 18, 20 - 22, 21 - 17.
— Bernama
