Yew Sin-Ee Yi let slip golden opportunity to win first big career title


PETALING JAYA: Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi were left to rue a glorious opportunity to bag the biggest title of their careers.

The independent men’s doubles pair had looked on course to capture the Asian Championships title when they were leading 21-16 and 11-5 in the final against India’s world No. 6 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty but threw away their advantage to lose 21-16, 17-21, 19-21 in Dubai yesterday.

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