China Open: Breakthrough Win for Chen/Toh
Malaysia’s Chen Tang Jie and Toh Ee Wei made their first semifinal at an HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1000 event with a hard-fought win at the VICTOR China Open 2023 on Friday.
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The fast-improving No.11 duo made their way past Chinese Taipei’s Ye Hong Wei/Lee Chia Hsin 21-15 13-21 21-16 to finally break into the last four at a Super 1000 event.
“Very happy,” said Toh Ee Wei. “We were a bit nervous because it’s a quarterfinal. It was a good experience for me. I was nervous since last night. I still have a bit of jet lag, but everything is under control and I managed to keep calm.”
The farthest the Malaysians had got to at the Super 1000 level was the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open earlier this year.