Kuala lumpur: National men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik had to toil for more than an hour to defeat England’s Ben Lane-Sean Verdy and advance to the quarter-finals of the China Masters today. Former world champions Aaron-Wooi Yik battled for an hour and 12 minutes to bounce back from a first-game loss to clinch a 14-21, 21-15, 25-23 second-round victory over the English pair at the Shenzhen Arena.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, in the last eight tomorrow, Aaron-Wooi Yik will meet either compatriots Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun or Indonesia’s Leo Rolly Carnando-Bagas Maulana, who will slog it later tonight. Meanwhile, Malaysia’s men’s singles challenge came to an end when Leong Jun Hao fell 11-21, 21-19, 8-21 to China’s Li Shi Feng. It was also the end of the road for Malaysian mixed doubles pair Hoo Pang Ron-Cheng Su Yin after they went down 21-16, 7-21, 10-21 to China’s Feng Yan Zhe-Huang Dong Ping.

Meanwhile, the country’s top women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the China Masters. The national women’s doubles pair had no trouble defeating American duo, Francesca Corbett-Jennie Gai, with a decisive 21-11, 21-8 victory in straight games. The world number two pair will now face Baek Ha Na-Lee So He of South Korea, who beat another Malaysian pair, Ong Xin Yee-Carmen Ting, 21-13.

In the men’s doubles, Malaysia’s Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun failed to qualify for the quarterfinals after losing to Indonesia’s Leo Rolly Carnando-Bagas Maulana in a close match with scores of 21-19, 23-21, 21-14.