Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik Use World Championship To Prove Mettle

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 (Bernama) – The first appearance at the World Badminton Championships was clearly not wasted by the national men's doubles, Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik who made a shock and meaningful history by advancing to the quarter-finals after beating the world's eighth men's doubles. They took only 42 minutes to record a 21-18, 21-16 win over Denmark's Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen. Earlier, the young pair also created a shock by defeating the world's 11th men's doubles, Lee Jhe Huei-Lee Yang in the second round. According to the tournament's website, www.bwfworldchampionships.com, the men's doubles who were currently ranked 35th in the world were set to receive a much stiffer challenge from the world's fifth men's doubles, Li Junhui-Liu Yuchen, Friday. The Chinese pair showed the way out to another national men's doubles, Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong in the third round where V Shem-Wee Kiong lost 21-16, 15-21, 20-22 In the third game at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre Thursday, mixed doubles Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying, who were currently ranked ninth in the world, struggled to beat England's Marcus Ellis-Lauren Smith 21-16, 17-21, 21-18 . Waiting for them in the quarter-finals were the world's fourth mixed doubles, Tang Chun Man-Tse Ying Suet after the Hong Kong pair beat Praveen Jordan-Melati Daeva Oktavianti from Indonesia 21-15, 19-21, 26-24. Another national mixed doubles pair, Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai was forced to settle for a 22-20, 14-21, 6-21 decision after struggling against the Indian pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Ashwini Ponnappa. Malaysia's sole representative in men’s singles, Liew Daren, who is currently ranked 39th in the world, also showed consistent action when he beat the world's sixth seed K. Srikanth from India 21-18, 21-18 to meet the world's 27th player, Kanta Tsuneyama from Japan in the quarter-finals. A different fate hit the women's singles, Goh Jin Wei when she lost to Japan's Nozomi Okuhara 21-23, 13-21. Also receiving the same fate were the women's doubles, Chow Mei Kuan-Lee Meng Yean who lost to the world's sixth seed from Indonesia, Greysia Polii-Apriyani Rahayu 18-21, 13-21. The defeat at the same time ended the challenge of women's singles and women's doubles at the tournament. -- BERNAMA