Tan Wee Kiong and Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub. — IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star
PETALING JAYA: Doubles shuttler Tan Wee Kiong's challenge is over in the Macau Open but he can still afford to smile.
The 35-year-old Wee Kiong and his partner Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub went down 12-21, 19-21 to Indonesians Sabar Karyaman-Moh Reza Pahlevi in the semi-finals yesterday.
"It's our first semis in the World Tour 300 tournament," said Wee Kiong.
Wee Kiong won the silver medal with Goh V Shem at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games but he has been playing with Azriyn since the Taiwan Open in June last year.
Meanwhile, it was also over for mixed doubles pair Hoo Pang Ron-Cheng Su Yin yesterday, when the duo went down fighting 15-21, 21-17, 14-21 to Dejan Ferdinansyah-Gloria Emanuelle of Indonesia.
RESULTS
SEMI-FINALS
Men's singles: Jason Teh (Sin) bt Jason Gunawan (Can) 24-22, 21-18; Angus Ng Ka Long (Hkg) bt Alwi Farhan (Ina) 8-21, 21-18, 21-16.
Men's doubles: Chen Xujun-liu Yi (Chn) bt Lee Fang-shih-Lee Fang-jen (Tpe) 24-22, 13-21, 23-21; Sabar Karyaman-Moh Reza Pahlevi bt Tan Wee Kiong-Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub (Mas) 21-19, 21-19.
Women's singles: Lin Hsiang-ti (Tpe) bt Tomoka Miyazaki (Jpn) 17-21, 21-16, 21-16; Gao Fangjie (Chn) bt Chiu Pin-chian (Tpe) 21-13, 14-21, 21-13.
Women's doubles: Hsieh Pei-shan-Hung En-tzu (Tpe) bt Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand (Ind) 21-17, 16-21, 21-10; Li Wenmei-Zhang Shuxian (Chn) bt Nicole Chan-Yang Chu-yun 21-12, 21-6.
Mixed doubles: Guo Xinwa-Chen Fang-hui (Chn) bt Ye Hong-wei-Nicole Chan (Mac) 21-12, 21-11; Dejan Ferdinansyah-Gloria Emanuelle (Ina) bt Hoo Pang Ron-Cheng Su Yin 21-15, 17-21, 21-14.
