PETALING JAYA: An explosive start; however, it was an irritating quit. There becomes no fairy-story finish for younger hotshots Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik. Their hopes of winning the All-England for their maiden name diminished away at the Birmingham Arena the day before today. The global No. 18 pair have been beaten 21-11, 14-21, 12-21 using Indonesia’s Mohammad Ahsan-Hendra Setiawan in a forty-nine-minute guys doubles final and therefore didn’t quit Malaysia’s 12-12 months look ahead to the identity last gained by Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon.
Heong. Aaron-Wooi Yik commenced with weapons blazing by easily taking the first sport. At that second, they would cross all of the ways to win it, He seemed to be afflicted via his proper calf harm sustained from the semi-finals on Saturday. But the Indonesians showed why they were two-time global champions by battling their way lower back in the next two games to regain the title. This marked Aaron-
Wooi Yik’s 0.33 straight defeat to Hendra-Ahsan was previously misplaced within the final of the Malaysian International Challenge last year and the first round of Indonesian Masters in January. For Hendra-Ahsan, their 2d All-England in 2014 confirmed that they’re stoned into the enterprise after reuniting within the middle of the last 12 months. Nevertheless, Aaron-Wooi Yik deserved a pat on their backs because no one had given them a ghost of risk before the tournament. The young pair were not seeded and the handiest
making their debut; however, they defied the percentages by beating several top pairs, consisting of 2017 world champions Liu Zheng-Zhang Nan of China. Aaron-Wooi Yik has now gone into six finals without a single victory. They were additionally runners-up at the Indian International in 2017, Malaysian Intercountry, Vietnam International, and
SaarLorLux Open in Germany final yr. But if the children can retain their constant development, it will likely be only a count of times before they win something. Aaron-Wooi Yik can nevertheless be content with the largest paycheque in their profession of US$35,000 (RM143,000). RESULTS ● SEMI-FINALS Men’s singles: Kento Momota (Jpn) bt Angus Ng Ka Long (Hkg) 21-19, 21-eleven; Viktor Axelsen (Den) bt Shi Yuqi (Chn) 22-20,
thirteen-21, 21-9. Men’s doubles: Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik (Mas) bt Fajar Alfian-Muhammad Rian Ardianto (Ina) 12-21, 22-20, 21-19. Women’s singles: Tai Tzu-Ying (TPE) bt Akane Yamaguchi (Jpn) 21-thirteen, 10-21, 21-8; Chen Yufei (Chn) bt Nozomi Okuhara (Jpn) 21-17, 21-eleven. Women’s doubles: Chen Qingchen-Jia Yifan (China) bt Yuki Fukushima-Sayaka Hirota (Jpn) 21-18, 23-21.
Mixed doubles: Zheng Siwei-Huang Yaqiong (China) bt Praveen Jordan-Melati Daeva Oktavianti (Ina) thirteen-21, 22-20, 21-thirteen. ● FINALS Men’s doubles: Mohammad Ahsan-Hendra Setiawan (Ina) bt Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik (Mas) 11-21, 21-14, 21-12. Women’s singles: Chen Yafei (Chn) bt Tai Tzu-Ying (TPE) 21-17, 21-17. Women’s doubles: Chen Qingchen-Jia Yifan (can) bt Mayu Matsumoto-Wakana Nagahara (Jpn) 18-21, 22-20, 21-eleven.
