Fighting display: Aaron Chia (front) and Soh Wooi Yik went down to Japan’s Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi 21-14, 17-21, 18-21 in the second round on Wednesday.
PETALING JAYA: National men’s doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik shot to fame after their superb show at last year’s World Championships in Nanjing, China.
Hopes of a repeat performance came to nought at this year’s world meet in Basel, Switzerland, when the world No. 10 pair went down fighting before bowing out 21-14, 17-21, 18-21 to Japan’s Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi in the second round on Wednesday.
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