KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 (Bernama) -- National men’s doubles pair Man Wei Chong and Tee Kai Wun will face world number one Kim Won Ho-Seo Seung Jae of South Korea in the French Open 2025 quarter-finals after producing a spirited fightback in the round-of-16 early this morning (Malaysian time).
The seventh seeds showed great determination to overcome England’s Ben Lane-Sean Vendy 13-21, 21-19, 21-14 at the Glaz Arena in Cesson-Sevigne.
Wei Chong–Kai Wun, however, will have to work harder as they have yet to beat the Korean pair in three previous meetings.
In another men’s doubles action, Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani edged Taiwan’s Lee Jhe-Huei-Yang Po-Hsuan 18-21, 23-21, 21-14 to set up a last-eight clash againt Denmark’s experienced duo of Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen.
Top national pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik advanced with a solid 21-10, 24-22 victory over compatriots Ong Yew Sin–Teo Ee Yi and will take on Indonesia’s Sabar Karyaman Gutama-Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani next.
Youngsters Arif Junaidi-Yap Roy King continued Malaysia’s fine form in men’s doubles with a 21-12, 21-17 win over China’s Xie Haonan-Zeng Wei Han and will take on Indonesia’s eighth seeds Fajar Alfian-Muhammad Shohibul Fikri next.
In women’s doubles, Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah maintained their momentum with a confident 22-20, 21-15 victory over China’s Bao Li Jing–Zhang Shu Xian.
The Malaysian pair will next meet China’s Chen Qing Chen-Jia Yi Fan, who lead their head-to-head record 8-1.
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