Aaron-Soh don’t fear the top seeds


BEHIND the success of the men were the women.

Men’s doubles badminton pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik gave themselves another shot at Olympic glory by upstaging bogeymen Indians Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty in a nail-biting quarter-finals, and then paid credit to the women’s doubles pair of Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah.

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