Top seeds Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik dig deep for a three-game win, while Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun cruise into the Malaysia Open quarter-finals.
KUALA LUMPUR: National top men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik battled into the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Open 2026 at Axiata Arena today.
The second seeds were taken the distance before prevailing over China’s Chen Xu Jun and Liu Yang 14-21, 21-14, 21-14 in a 62-minute match.
Wooi Yik admitted they were prepared for a stern test against unfamiliar opponents. “We knew the Chinese pair would not be easy to beat, so we had to be ready for that,” he said.
The world number two pair will next face either Indonesia’s eighth seeds Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani or South Korea’s Kang Min Hyuk and Ki Dong Ju.
Also advancing were compatriots and fifth seeds Man Wei Chong and Tee Kai Wun, who thrashed Japan’s Hiroki Midorikawa and Kyohei Yamashita 21-9, 21-15 in 29 minutes.
Kai Wun said the strong support from the home crowd played a key role in lifting their performance.
However, national pair Wan Arif Wan Junaidi and Yap Roy King saw their campaign end after losing 18-21, 11-21 to India’s third seeds Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty.
Professional duo Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin Rumsani also bowed out, suffering a second consecutive defeat to England’s Ben Lane and Sean Vendy 13-21, 17-21.
Sze Fei admitted that too many unforced errors affected their performance.
