Low feeling high after earning first career title with Weijie


Valiant effort: Chia Weijie (right) and Low Hang Yee on the podium after winning the Ukraine Open.

PETALING JAYA: The smile is back on shuttler Low Hang Yee’s face after winning his first career title.

Hang Yee and his partner Chia Weijie, who are ranked 279th in the world, continued to show their prowess against higher-ranked Emil Lauritzen-Mads Vestergaard of Denmark when they scored a 19-21, 22-20, 23-21 win to lift the men’s doubles title at the Ukraine Open in Kiev on Sunday.

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