<figure id="attachment_3062059" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3062059" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-3062059 size-full" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2829eacb-aaron-chia-soh-wooi-yik-bernama-180525-1.webp" alt="Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3062059" class="wp-caption-text">Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik took home US$50,750 (RM206,650) as runners-up in the World Tour Super 1000 season opener. (Bernama pic)</figcaption></figure>
KUALA LUMPUR: National men&#8217;s doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik went down fighting in the final of the Malaysia Open, losing to South Korea&#8217;s reigning world champions Kim Won Ho-Seo Seung Jae.
The world No 2 pair lost 15-21, 21-12, 18-21 in a close match that lasted 63 minutes at the Axiata Arena in Bukit Jalil, here.
Aaron-Wooi Yik took home US$50,750 (RM206,650) as runners-up in the World Tour Super 1000 season opener while the Koreans pocketed US$107,000 (RM435,690).
The world champions have now beaten Aaron-Wooi Yik twice in their three encounters so far.
With this, the men’s doubles title drought in the Malaysia Open continues with Malaysia&#8217;s last victory coming in 2014 through Goh V Shem-Lim Khim Wah.
Today&#8217;s final was Aaron-Wooi Yik&#8217;s seventh in a Super 1000 tournament in their career. They finished runners-up on all seven occasions.

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