PETALING JAYA: Shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik regained their status as the country’s No. 1 men’s doubles pair after independent duo Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani dropped to No. 3 in the latest world rankings.
In the rankings list updated by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Tuesday (July 22), Sze Fei-Izzuddin lost their No. 1 spot as expected to South Korea’s Seo Seung-jae-Kim Won-ho after finishing runners-up to the latter in the Japan Open final on Sunday (July 20).
Although Aaron-Wooi Yik suffered a shock loss in the first round in Japan to another Malaysian pair Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi, their fine form before the tourney helped them retain their world No. 2 ranking.
The other Malaysian pair ranked in the top 10 are world No. 7 Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun.
In the women’s doubles, Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah also retained their world No. 3 ranking after finishing runners-up to China’s world No. 1 Liu Shengshu-Tan Ning in Japan.
In the mixed doubles, there were no changes for world No. 4 Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei and world No. 6 Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie.
