PETALING JAYA: Independent shuttlers Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi dumped Olympic Games champions Lee Yang-Wang Chi-lin of Taiwan to attain the boys’s doubles semi-finals in the World Championships.
The Malaysians defeated Lee-Yang-Chi-lin 12-21, 21-17, 21-15 in a 65-minute quarter-final battle in Huelva, Spain.
It was their first win in 4 conferences towards the Taiwanese. They have misplaced to them in the current World Tour Finals in Bali (group stage), Thailand Open this 12 months and final 12 months’s All-England.
Yew Sin-Ee Yi will face Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi of Japan subsequent.
It was their first world outing as professionals and coach Chin Eei Hui was joyful for them.
“They’ve proven enchancment in their general efficiency and it is good to see them win at this stage,” mentioned Eei Hui.
“Yew Sin’s attacking sport has extra sting and the power to observe by photographs is best now. Both are additionally in a position to transfer quicker across the courtroom.
“Their semi-final match nonetheless will likely be robust, they’ve misplaced in the final two conferences towards the Japanese pair,” she added.
While Yew Sin-Ee Yi celebrated their greatest profession achievement, compatriots Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong have been unable to make it a double pleasure for Malaysia once they went down 20-22, 14-21 to China’s He Jiting-Tan Qiang in one other quarter-final match.
