Chia/Soh’s Late Season Flourish – Fuzhou China Open: Day 4
Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik posted their best performance since the All England in March, reaching the semifinals of the Fuzhou China Open 2019 today.
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Incidentally, it was the Indonesian duo of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan – to whom they had fallen at the All England – that they overcame today, after four straight losses.
The Indonesians, who had come through two gruelling previous rounds – including a 30-29 final game victory yesterday – fell behind early. They did make a match of it in the second, with Chia and Soh only narrowly holding them off, 21-13 22-20.
Next up for the Malaysians will be fourth-seeded Japanese Takeshi Kamura/Keigo Sonoda, who blew away England’s Marcus Ellis/Chris Langridge 21-10 21-13.