PETALING JAYA: Men's doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik made it into the China Masters quarter-finals after a narrow win over England's Ben Lane-Sean Vendy.
Aaron-Wooi Yik were made to sweat by world No. 14 Lane-Vendy but managed to hold their nerves to prevail 14-21, 21-15, 25-23 in a gripping 72-minute second round match at the Shenzhen Arena on Thursday (Sept 18).
The world No. 2 pair avenged their defeat to the English duo in the Hong Kong Open first round last week.
Aaron-Wooi Yik will next play the winners of the match between teammates Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun and Indonesia's Leo Rolly-Bagas Maulana.
Leong Jun Hao and Hoo Pang Ron-Cheng Su Yin though went down to Chinese opponents in the men's singles and mixed doubles respectively.
Jun Hao lost out 11-21, 21-19, 8-21 to Li Shifeng while Pang Ron-Su Yin were beaten 21-16, 7-21, 10-21 by Feng Yanzhe-Huang Dongping.
RESULTS (Malaysians only)
SECOND ROUND
Men's singles: Li Shifeng (Chn) bt Leong Jun Hao 21-11, 19-21, 21-8.
Men's doubles: Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani bt Lee Jhe-huei-Yang Po-hsuan (Tpe) 21-16, 22-20; Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik bt Ben Lane-Sean Vendy (Eng) 14-21, 21-15, 25-23.
Mixed doubles: Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei bt Jafar Hidayatullah-Felisha Pasaribu (Ina) 21-13, 13-21, 21-16; Ye Hong-wei-Nicole Chan (Tpe) bt Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie 21-6, 16-21, 21-12; Feng Yanzhe-Huang Dongping (Chn) bt Hoo Pang Ron-Cheng Su Yin 16-21, 21-7, 21-10.
