KUALA LUMPUR, 19 SEPT – The national men’s doubles Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun pulled off a surprise when they defeated the world champions from South Korea, Kang Min Hyuk-Seo Seung Jae in the second round of the China Open 2024 today.
The pair, ranked 13th in the world, defeated their opponents in straight sets 21-18, 21-19 to advance to the quarter-finals at the Xincheng Gymnasium, China.
Waiting for Wei Chong-Kai Wun in the quarter-finals tomorrow is the winner of the action involving the national pair, Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Mohd Rumsani against fellow countrymen, Wan Arif Wan Junaidi-Yap Roy King.
“We are very happy because sometimes we win brilliantly, we lose and bounce back.
“I think the communication between us is better which makes our performance improve during the match,” said Wei Chong in an audio shared to the media by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).
Meanwhile, the country’s top mixed doubles players, Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei, failed to reach the quarter-finals when they lost in the second round today.
The 2024 Korea Open winner lost to the Indonesian pair, Dejan Ferdinansyah-Gloria Emanualle Widjaya 15-21, 21-13, 9-21 in a match that lasted 56 minutes.
Waiting for Ferdinansyah-Gloria in the quarter-finals is the national pair, Hoo Pang Ron-Cheng Su Yin who advanced after defeating compatriots, Yap Roy King-Valeree Siow 21-9, 21-15.
Also eliminated in the top 16 was the national professional mixed doubles pair Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing who lost to the Danish pair Jesper Toft-Amalie Magelund 18-21, 18-21.
Meanwhile, the country’s sole representative in the women’s doubles event, Pearly Tan-M Thinaah was also shown the way out in the second round when she lost to the home team’s representative Li Yi Jing-Luo Xu Min 16-21, 18-21. – Named
