PETALING JAYA: The national badminton team’s campaign at the Asian Games ended tonight with Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik losing to India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty in the men’s doubles semi-finals.
The World No 5 Aaron-Wooi Yik, who were the last remaining Malaysians in the competition, fell 21-17, 21-12 to the World No 3 Indians at the Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou.
Lee Zii Jia, Ng Tze Yong (men’s singles), Pearly Tan-M Thinaah (women’s doubles) and Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei (mixed doubles) were knocked out in yesterday’s quarter-finals.
Aaron-Wooi Yik will finish with bronze as the losing semi-finalists do not have to play an additional match for third place.
Satwiksairaj-Chirag will face the South Korean pair of Choi Sol Gyu and Kim Won Ho in the final after the duo saw off Taiwanese Wang Chi-lin and Lee Yang 21-12, 21-10 in today’s other semi-final.
The World No 15 South Koreans took 33 minutes to defeat reigning Olympic champions Wang and Lee, who are ranked 12th in the world. - FMT
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