Birmingham: Malaysia’s World No. 8 males’s doubles pair Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi got here again from a first-set defeat to eradicate the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Video games gold medalists Lee Yang/Wang Chi Lin within the first spherical of the All England in Birmingham on Tuesday.
After dropping 12-21 within the first set, Ong/Teo regained their momentum once they gained the second sport 21-16. Regardless of trailing 2-6, 4-7 within the decider, Ong/Teo finally overcame the Olympic champions 21-18 to substantiate their ticket to the second spherical.
Ong/Teo will play the defending champions – Muhammad Shohibul Fikri/Bagas Maulana of Indonesia within the second spherical.
The victory on Tuesday additionally allowed Ong/Teo to stage their head-to-head assembly document in opposition to Lee/Wang to 3-3.
Malaysia’s males’s singles No. 28 Ng Tze Yong additionally bought off to a robust begin within the opening spherical of All England by seeing off World No. 26 Shesar Hiren Rhustavito of Indonesia 21-9, 21-12. Ng will meet No. 1 seed Viktor Axelsen of Denmark within the second spherical.
In the meantime, the combined doubles World No. 6 Tan Kiang Meng/Lai Pei Jing additionally opened their marketing campaign robust once they superior to the second spherical by defeating Indonesian duo, Rinov Rivaldy/Pitha Haningtyas Mentari 21-19, 21-18. Tan/Lai will tackle 2021 All England runners-up Yuki Kaneko/Misaki Matustomo within the second spherical after the Japanese pair eradicated one other Malaysian pair, Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei 21-19, 22-24, 21-17 within the spherical first.
