<figure id="attachment_3238493" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3238493" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-3238493 size-full" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/99c08cb5-wei-chong-kai-wun-bernama-181225-1.webp" alt="" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3238493" class="wp-caption-text">Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun will face world champions Kim Won Ho-Seo Seung Jae in their final World Tour Finals group tie tomorrow. (Bernama pic)</figcaption></figure>
PETALING JAYA: National men’s doubles shuttlers Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun kept their hopes of advancing to the last four at the World Tour Finals (WTF) alive with victory over a Taiwanese pair today.
The world No 4 duo, who need to win their remaining two group matches to qualify for the semi-finals after losing their opener yesterday, defeated the 16th-ranked pair Chiu Hsiang Chieh-Wang Chi Lin 21-18, 21-19 in 31 minutes.
They now face the daunting task of beating South Korea’s world champions Kim Won Ho-Seo Seung Jae in their final group tie on Friday to secure a semi-final berth.
The Korean pair have the advantage on paper, having beaten Wei Chong-Kai Wun in all four of their previous encounters.
The results in the round-robin matches have left the group wide open. The final group matches will determine which two pairs advance to the semi-finals.
Wei Chong-Kai Wun were defeated 23-21, 21-19 in their first group match by the Indonesian pair Sabar Karyaman Gutama-Reza Pahlevi Isfahani.

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