<figure id="attachment_3239595" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3239595" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3239595" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2b159c3c-aaron-chia-soh-wooi-yik-bernama-pic-201225.webp" alt="Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik bernama pic 201225" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3239595" class="wp-caption-text">Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik finished in third place in their group, earning prize money of US$39,000 (RM159,443). (Bernama pic)</figcaption></figure>
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia suffered a double blow after men’s doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik failed to make it to the semi-finals of the World Tour Finals in Hangzhou, China.
The world No 2 pair needed to win in straight games against Indian pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty in their final group match, after having won only one of their two earlier group matches.
In a match lasting 68 minutes, they went down 21-17, 18-21, 15-21 and finished third in their group, and won prize money of US$39,000 (RM159,443).
Earlier, Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun failed to make it to the knockout stage after losing to South Korea’s world champions Kim Won Ho-Seo Seung Jae in three games, also finishing in third place in their group.
Two Malaysian pairs will feature in the semi-finals tomorrow. They are women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan-M Thinaah and world mixed doubles champions Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei.

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