Malaysian doubles rivals set for French Open quarter-final
Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun will face Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik in an all-Malaysian French Open quarter-final as Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah also advance.
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An all-Malaysian men’s doubles quarter-final is set at the French Open after Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun beat Japan’s Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi in the round of 16 early on Friday, 23 October. Man-Tee will face Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik, while Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani and women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah also reached the last eight.
Man-Tee set up Malaysian clash
Man-Tee defeated the eighth-seeded Hoki-Kobayashi 25-23, 21-14, taking a tight opening game before winning the second more comfortably. The result levelled their head-to-head record with the 2021 world champions at 2-2 and earned them a quarter-final against top national pair Aaron-Soh.
Goh-Nur Izzuddin needed three games to get past Denmark’s Daniel Lundgaard-Mads Vestergaard. The Malaysian professional duo won the first game 21-6, lost the second 14-21 and recovered to take the decider 21-18.
Their next opponents are South Korea’s world number one pair Kim Won-ho-Seo Seung-jae. Goh-Nur Izzuddin have lost four of their six previous meetings with the South Koreans, who beat another Malaysian pair, Aaron Tai-Yap Roy King, 21-14, 21-16 in the round of 16.
Pearly-Thinaah prevail over compatriots
Pearly-Thinaah also had to overcome Malaysian opposition to secure their quarter-final place. They beat younger compatriots Ong Xin Yee-Carmen Ting 21-14, 22-20, holding off a stronger challenge in the second game after taking the first.
The top national women’s doubles pair will next play Bulgaria’s Gabriela Stoeva-Stefani Stoeva for a place in the semi-finals. Their progress adds another Malaysian pairing to the French Open last eight following the round-of-16 matches.
Quarter-final opponents confirmed
Man-Tee’s meeting with Aaron-Soh guarantees a Malaysian pair in the men’s doubles semi-finals. Goh-Nur Izzuddin, meanwhile, face opponents who have won the majority of their previous meetings, while Pearly-Thinaah must beat the Stoeva sisters to advance.
The South Korean pair’s win over Aaron Tai-Yap Roy King means those two Malaysians will not join their compatriots in the quarter-finals.
Source: Malay Mail. This article was compiled by the iBET.news newsroom from the source report and other public information.
