Aaron-Wooi Yik clear first round at Singapore Open
Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik put up another confident display to knock their Danish rivals out of the Singapore Open. (AFP pic)
PETALING JAYA : Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik progressed to the second round of the Singapore Open today by defeating Danish pair Rasmus Kjaer-Frederik Sogaard in straight games.
In a match similar to their quarter-final encounter at the Malaysia Masters last week, the Malaysian world No 3 duo took 44 minutes to beat the Danish pair 21-19, 24-22.
The Danes nearly forced a rubber match when they had game point five times in the second set, but Aaron-Wooi Yik put up another confident display to knock their rivals out of the World Tour 750 series.
Fellow Malaysians Junaidi Arif-Yap Roy King also advanced to the second round after beating Adam Eloi-Leo Rossi from France 21-13, 21-18 in just 36 minutes.
Malaysia's top mixed doubles pair Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie will also feature in the last 16 tomorrow after clearing their first round matches yesterday.
Reunited world No 4 pair Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei, who tried out new partners at their last two tournaments, defeated their US opponents Presley Smith-Jennie Gai in straight games of 21-18, 21-15.
However, national men's doubles pair Choong Hon Jian-Haikal Nazri were shown the exit in the opening round after being beaten 21-16, 21-13 by India's former world No 1 pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty.
Men's singles player Leong Jun Hao broke his streak of being knocked out in the first round in his last five outings by making it to the Singapore Open last 16, although with a stroke of luck after receiving a walkover from China's Lei Lan Xi.
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