Rookies Progress, Big Guns Fire – All England: Day 3
Emerging Malaysian pair Aaron Chia, 22, and Soh Wooi Yik, 21, broke through for a maiden Super 1000 semifinal defeating China’s Liu Cheng and Zhang Nan 21-19 17-21 21-11 in their men's doubles quarterfinal.
· Lloyd Green
It came on a night where Dane Viktor Axelsen franked his early season form, progressing to his first Yonex All England Open semi after three consecutive quarterfinal defeats from 2015 to 2017.
Earlier, China’s Chen Yufei and Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara eased through their fixtures to ensure the top four women’s seeds qualified for the weekend’s action.
Chia and Soh capitalised on an open half of the draw to announce themselves as contenders for the YONEX All England Open Badminton Championships 2019.