Pumped up: Nur Izzuddin Rumsani and Goh Sze Fei upstaged world champions Kang Min-hyuk-Seo Seung-jae of South Korea in the first round. — IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star
PETALING JAYA: National coaching director Rexy Mainaky was happy to see two men pairs through to the quarter-finals of the Asian Championships in Ningbo, China.
Former world champions and world No. 5 Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik defeated Japan’s Kenya Mitsuhashi-Kiroki Okamura 21-18, 14-21, 21-14 in the second round on Thursday. It was their first meeting against the world No. 25 Japanese pair.
