The world No 2 pairs in women's and men's doubles will be aiming to repeat last year’s performance by qualifying for the semi-finals tomorrow.
World No 2 pair Pearly Tan-M Thinaah scored an easy victory over 23rd ranked French pair Margot Lambert-Camille Pognante 21-7, 23-21 in just 30 minutes at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex in New Delhi.
This is the fourth victory for Pearly-Thinaah against the French pair in as many meetings.
They will take on the winners of the match between Ukraine’s Polina Buhrova-Yevheniia Kantemyr and Taiwan’s Hsieh Pei Shan-Hung En Tzu tomorrow.
World No 2 men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik qualified for the quarter-finals after disposing of Japan’s 35th ranked pair Takumi Nomura-Yuichi Shimogami 21-9, 23-21 in 33 minutes to set up a meeting with Taiwanese pair Lee Jhe Huei-Yang Po Hsuan in the quarter-final tomorrow.
In the final game of the day, world No 5 pair Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun beat French brothers Christo Popov-Toma Junior Popov 13-21, 21-12, 21-14 in 60 minutes.
The Malaysian duo have an uphill battle in the last eight tomorrow as they face China’s top pair Liang Wei Keng-Wang Chang. - FMT
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