Malaysia's Aaron Chia (right) and Soh Wooi Yik go for a shot in their men's doubles badminton group stage match against South Korea's Choi Sol-gyu-Seo Seung-jae during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza in Tokyo. - AFP
PETALING JAYA: National No. 1 Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik got off to a brilliant start in their Olympic Games debut by winning their opening match in a commanding fashion.
The world No. 9 took 43 minutes to upstage South Korea's Seo Seung-jae-Choi Sol-gyu 24-22, 21-15 in their first Group D match at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza today to keep alive a hope to reach the knockout stage.
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