TWO Malaysian pairs — professional men’s doubles duo Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani and mixed doubles world champions Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei — continued their fine form as they marched into the semi-finals of the Australian Open 2025 in Sydney today.
Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin and Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei advance to Australian Open 2025 semi-finals in Sydney after hard-fought quarter-final wins.
Second seeds Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin were forced to dig deep before beating the South Korean-Malaysian combination of Choi Sol Gyu-Goh V Shem 21-13, 20-22, 22-20 in a gruelling 69-minute quarter-final match of the Super 500 tournament held in Quaycentre, Olympic Boulevard.
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Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin will be up against unseeded Indonesians Raymond Indra-Nikolaus Joaquin, who upset Malaysia’s third-seeded Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun 21-15, 19-21, 21-15.
Earlier, Tang Jie-Ee Wei lived up to their billing as the top seeds by notching their fourth win in five meetings over Taiwanese duo Ye Hong Wei-Nicole Gonzales Chan, at 21-17, 21-15, in 37 minutes.
The world number four will play Pakkapon Teeraratsakul-Sapsiree Taerattanachai of Thailand in the last four tomorrow.
The Thais staged a comeback and brushed aside the challenge from Taiwan’s Yang Po-Hsuan-Hu Ling Fang, winning 17-21, 21-15, 21-12. – Bernama
