First challengers: Aaron Chia (left) and Soh Wooi Yik will face Lu Ching-yao-Yang Po-han of Taiwan in the second round today.
IT WAS in Tokyo a year ago when doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik turned into giant-slayers.
The duo blew away top Indonesian pairs – top seeds Marcus Fernaldi-Kevin Sanjaya in the quarter-finals and former world champions Mohammad Ahsan-Hendra Setiawan in the bronze-medal playoff at the Olympic Games to be the nation’s heroes.
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