Singapore Open: Chia/Soh Heal Wounds
They say the freshest wounds are the hardest to bear.
· PREM KUMAR
And that is perhaps why Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik kept referencing their group stage loss to Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi at the Sudirman Cup last month more than any other during their post-match interview after a hard-fought 21-18 24-26 21-12 KFF Singapore Open 2025 second-round win.
Never mind that the Xiamen defeat was their eighth straight to the Japanese pair – it was the one that stung the most. On Thursday at the Singapore Indoor Arena, they finally healed that scar.
The win, sealed in 63 minutes, was anything but straightforward. Chia and Soh led 19-16 in the second game but let it slip, squandering four match point opportunities at 21-20, 22-21, 23-22 and 24-23. That all-too-familiar sinking feeling threatened to creep back in.