Men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik lived dangerously before recovering to upstage Japanese bogeymen Akira Koga-Taichi Saito 21-9, 19-21, 21-14 to move into the second round of the Indian Open on Wednesday (Jan 17).
The world No. 4 pair will play another Japanese pair Kenya Mitsuhashi-Hiroki Okamura, for a place in the quarter-finals today (Wednesday).
Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani did not face any problems against Adam Dong-Nyl Yakura of Canada as they secured an easy 21-11, 21-5 win in 30 minutes.
However, they will face a tough second-round clash against China’s world No. 8 Liu Yuchen-Ou Xuanyi of China today.
In the mixed doubles, world No. 9 Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei also broke their jinx against Rinov Rivaldi-Pita Haningtyas of Indonesia to secure their first win in four meetings.
Tang Jie-Ee Wei won 14-21, 21-11, 21-11 to book a second-round clash against world No. 7 Dechapol Puavaranukroh-Sapsiree Taerattanachai of Thailand today.
Independent pair Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing's poor form continued as they lost 7-21, 12-21 to Malaysian Open champions Yuta Watanabe-Arisa Higashino of Japan in the first round.
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