PETALING JAYA: Men’s doubles shuttlers Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi’s recent run of good results came to a halt after the pair crashed out of the Macau Open.
Yew Sin-Ee Yi were hoping to continue their encouraging form after making it into the semi-finals and quarter-finals of the Japan Open and China Open respectively over the past two weeks but were left disappointed after narrowly going down 15-21, 21-16, 21-23 to Indonesia’s Rahmat Hidayat-Yeremia Rambitan in the first round at the Macau East Asian Games Dome yesterday.
It was also heartbreak for world junior champions Aaron Tai-Kang Khai Xing after the duo lost 17-21, 16-21 to another Indonesian pair and top seeds Sabar Gutama-Moh Reza.
There were better fortunes though for Yap Roy King-Wan Arif Wan Junaidi when they defeated China’s Ren Xiangyu-Sun Wenjun 21-15, 21-16.
Meanwhile, in the women’s doubles, Teoh Mei Xing-Go Pei Kee easily overcame India’s Apoorva Gahlawat-Sakshi Gahlawat 21-8, 21-11 and will take on the winners of the all-Taiwanese clash between Lin Chih-chun-Lin Wan-ching and Chen Yu-hsuen-Liu Chiao-yun next.
Ong Xin Yee-Carmen Ting, though, suffered an early exit after losing 13-21, 11-21 to Americans Lauren Lam-Allison Lee.
Promising youngsters Dania Sofea Zaidi-Low Zi Yu also made a good start in their World Tour debut by making it into the main draw after beating Taiwan’s Chou Yun-an-Huang Le Xin 21-17, 21-17 in the qualifying round.
Dania-Zi Yu showed great resilience by bouncing back quickly after their disappointing quarter-final exit in the recent Asian Junior Championships in Solo, Indonesia.
“We are very excited to compete in our first World Tour competition,” said Dania.
“We never expected to qualify for this tournament as our rankings are still quite low. So, we are looking forward to playing against higher ranked pairs in the main draw.”
Dania-Zi Yu are currently ranked 211th in the world and have a tougher task in the first round against Japan’s world No. 63 Kaho Osawa-Mai Tanabe.
Joining them in the main draw are Cheng Su Hui-Tan Zhing Yi, who had to dig deep to come away with a 21-14, 15-21, 21-15 win over Japan’s Ririna Hiramoto-Kokona Ishikawa.
Su Hui-Zhing Yi will next face Taiwan’s Chen Su-yu-Hsieh Yi-en for a place in the quarter-finals.
In the mixed doubles, Wee Yee Hern-Chan Wen Tse set-up an all-Malaysian first round clash against Loo Bing Kun-Pei Kee after coming out on top over Taiwan’s Cheng Kai-wen-Liu Chiao-yun 21-8, 17-21, 21-17 in the qualifying round.
RESULTS
(Malaysians Only)
Qualifying round
Women’s doubles: Dania Sofea Zaidi-Low Zi Yu bt Chou Yun-anHuang (Tpe) Le Xin 21-17, 21-17; Cheng Su Hui-Tan Zhing Yi bt Ririna Hiramoto-Kokona Ishikawa (Jpn) 21-14, 15-21, 21-15.
Mixed doubles: Wee Yee Hern-Chan Wen Tse bt Cheng Kai-wen-Liu Chiao-yun (Tpe) 21-8, 17-21, 21-17.
First round
Men’s doubles: Yap Roy King-Wan Arif Wan Junaidi bt Ren XiangyuSun Wenjun (Chn) 21-15, 21-16; Rahmat Hidayat-Yeremia Rambitan (Ina) bt Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi 21-15, 16-21, 23-21, Sabar Gutama-Moh Reza (Ina) bt Aaron Tai-Kang Khai Xing 21-17, 21-16.
Women’s doubles: Teoh Mei Xing-Go Pei Kee bt Apoorva Gahlawat-Sakshi Gahlawat (Ind) 21-8, 21-11; Lauren Lam-Allison Lee (US) bt Ong Xin Yee-Carmen Ting 21-13, 21-11
