New partners Aaron-Wooi Yik go down to Maneepong-Nanthakarn in final


Not strong enough: Aaron Chia (left) and Soh Wooi Yik lost 6-21, 5-21 to Thailand’s Maneepong Jongjit-Nanthakarn Yordphaisong in the India International Challenge final at the Brabourne Stadium in India yesterday.

PETALING JAYA: Shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik ran out of steam in the men’s doubles final at the India International Challenge in Mumbai.

The unseeded Malaysians, playing together for the last one month, suffered a meltdown and lost 6-21, 5-21 to Thailand’s Maneepong Jongjit-Nanthakarn Yordphaisong at the Brabourne Stadium yesterday.

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