Men on a mission: Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik have not been at their best lately but vowed to keep pushing to do better.
PETALING JAYA: Men’s doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik and Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun are on track to qualify for the season ending World Tour Finals despite inconsistent showings lately.
Only the top eight pairs in the Race to Finals rankings can qualify for the finale from Dec 17-21 in Hangzhou.
Aaron-Wooi Yik are currently ranked second while Wei Chong-Kai Wun are two rungs below in fourth place.
Wooi Yik acknowledged that he and Aaron have not been at their best lately but has vowed to keep pushing to do better.
“We are not doing well in our game play perhaps in the past two months. Things are not working well for us and we have to accept it,” said Wooi Yik.
“We prepare well but sometimes it’s just not our week. We cannot always win.
“The most important thing is how we respond when we are down. This is what we have been doing this year.
“This can also be a motivation for us. We have to keep pushing until we regain our rhythm.”
Although their form has dipped lately, they did enjoy fine runs earlier in the year.
Aaron-Wooi Yik captured the Asian Championships, Singapore Open and Thailand Open titles while Wei Chong-Kai Wun claimed the Indonesian Masters and Malaysian Masters. Both pairs though have struggled to maintain their performances with Aaron-Wooi Yik suffering first round exits in three of their last six tournaments while Wei Chong-Kai Wun went down in the second round in their last two outings in the Hong Kong Open and China Masters.
Meanwhile, Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah (women’s doubles) and Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie (mixed doubles) also have a good chance to make the cut for the Tour Finals.
World Championships silver medallists Pearly-Thinaah are currently in third place while Soon Huat-Shevon are fifth.
Reigning mixed doubles world champions Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei are already assured of a spot in the competition by virtue of their title win in Paris.
