Yew Sin-Ee Yi could’ve served nice parting gift for coach Eei Hui

No perfect ending: Ong Yew Sin (left) and Teo Ee Yi went down fighting in the Australian Open final against China’s Liu Yuchen-Ou Xuanyi.

PETALING JAYA: It could have been an early parting gift for their coach Chin Eei Hui but independent pair Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi came up short at the Australian Open men’s doubles final yesterday.

Victory beckoned after a good run in Europe where they reached the French Open quarter-finals and the Denmark Open semi-finals last month but they fell to China’s Liu Yuchen-Ou Xuanyi in the final, missing out on a chance to win their first title in two years.