Trouble on Indonesian court as doubles pairs tumble


PETALING JAYA: Indonesia’s men’s doubles led by world No. 1 Fajar Alfian-Rian Ardianto suffered a rare disappointing outing at the Asian Championships.

Fajar-Rian, who captured two out of the three Super 1000 level tournaments this year – the Malaysian Open in January and All-England in March – were stunned by independent Malaysian pair Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi 15-21, 20-22 in the quarter-finals in Dubai on Friday.

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