Chan Peng Soon and Lai Pei Jing (front) in a file photo. They beat eight seeds Kenichi Hayakawa-Misaki Matsutomo of Japan 21-15, 8-21, 23-21 in the India Open first round.
PETALING JAYA: Mixed doubles pair Chan Peng Soon-Lai Pei Jing served up a pleasant shocker in the first round of the India Open, but it was more woes for singles shuttler Chong Wei Feng in New Delhi.
Wei Feng who withdrew from the semi-finals of the Malaysian Open GP Gold last month due to a back injury was clearly not at his best as he went down fighting 12-21, 21-15, 19-21 on Wednesday to Japanese veteran Sho Sasaki, who will go on to meet seventh seed Du Pengyu of China.
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