The world No 2 pair had little difficulty beating their ninth-ranked rivals, Lee Jhe Huei-Yang Po Hsuan, 21-19, 21-14 in 31 minutes at the Indira Gandhi Sports Centre in New Delhi.
It was their sixth victory against the Taiwanese pair in as many encounters.
Aaron-Wooi Yik will meet the winners of the match between Taiwan’s Yang Po Han-Liu Kuang Heng and Japan’s Hiroki Midorikawa-Kyohei Yamashita for a place in the final tomorrow.
The Malaysians were losing semi-finalists in the India Open – a World Tour Super 750 tournament – last year, in which compatriots Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani went on to win the title.
Earlier today, women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan-M Thinaah also booked a semi-final berth in the championships after they defeated Taiwan’s top pair Hsieh Pei Shan-Hung En Tzu in straight games.
Wei Chong-Kai Wun knocked out
However, their compatriots world No 6 pair Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun failed to enter the semi-finals after losing in three games to China’s Liang Wei Keng-Wang Chang, who are ranked a rung above them.
The Malaysians lost 15-21, 21-15, 19-21 in a closely fought match lasting 50 minutes, marking Wei Chong-Kai Wun’s sixth consecutive defeat against the Chinese pair.
Despite the loss, Wei Chong-Kai Wun won prize money of US$5,937 (RM24,000) as quarter-finalists in the World Tour Super 750 championship.
With this, only Aaron-Wooi Yik and Pearly-Thinaah will be featured at the semi-final stage tomorrow. - FMT
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