Malaysia’s Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun and Chia Wei Jie-Teo Ee Yi have reached the men’s doubles quarter-finals of the Korea Open, a BWF World Tour Super 500 tournament in Yeosu, South Korea.
World No 9 Man and Tee beat Taiwan’s Chen Zhi Ray and Lin Yu Chieh 24-22, 21-12 in 33 minutes. The pair, who won the French Open last month, are chasing their second World Tour title of the year and will meet Japan’s Haruki Kawabe and Kenta Matsukawa in the quarter-finals on Friday.
Chia and Teo, ranked 39th in the world, beat Taiwan’s He Zhi Wei and Huang Jui Hsuan 21-9, 21-19 in 28 minutes, after upsetting China’s world No 11 pair Chen Bo Yang and Liu Yi 21-14, 21-19 in the opening round.
They will face either Japan’s Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi or the South Korean-Malaysian partnership of Choi Sol Gyu and Goh V Shem in the last eight.
In women’s singles, K Letshanaa lost 21-10, 21-12 to South Korea’s An Se Young in 36 minutes, ending Malaysia’s challenge in the event.