Wei Chong-Kai Wun stun world champs to advance to second round of Indonesian Open

Wei Chong (left) and Kai Wun stole the show in the Indonesian Open by defeating South Korea's world champions Kang Min-hyuk-Seo Seung-jae in the first round on June 4.

PETALING JAYA: Men's doubles shuttlers Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun pulled off one of the biggest upsets in the Indonesian Open when they toppled South Korea's world champions Kang Min-hyuk-Seo Seung-jae in the first round.

World No. 20 Wei Chong-Kai Wun showed great fighting spirit to come from behind and record a brilliant 20-22, 21-16, 21-17 win over the Koreans in 59 minutes at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta on Tuesday (June 4).

It was the Malaysian pair's first-ever victory over their opponents after losing twice to them last year in the final of the Malaysian Masters and first round of the Korean Open.

Wei Chong-Kai Wun will next play Denmark's world No. 15 Rasmus Kjaer-Frederik Sogaard in the second round on Thursday (June 6).

National No. 1 Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik also safely made it into the second round after easily beating Vinson Chiu-Joshua Yuan of the United States 21-14, 21-11.

World No. 5 Aaron-Wooi Yik will play Taiwan's world No. 25 Lu Ching-yao-Yang Po-han next.

Meanwhile, youngsters Choong Hon Jian-Mohd Haikal Nazri gave a good account of themselves before going down fighting 21-18, 16-21, 17-21 to Taiwan's reigning Olympic champions Lee Yang-Wan Chi-lin.