<figure id="attachment_3124679" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3124679" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3124679" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/bc93933c-jimmy-wong-lai-pei-jing-ss-fb-pic-020825.webp" alt="Jimmy Wong-Lai Pei Jing" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3124679" class="wp-caption-text">Jimmy Wong-Lai Pei Jing are in a World Tour final after having teamed up only in March.</figcaption></figure>
PETALING JAYA: New mixed doubles combination Jimmy Wong-Lai Pei Jing pulled off another major upset in the Macau Open today by defeating sixth seeds Amri Syahnawi-Nita Violina Marwah of Indonesia to advance to tomorrow&#8217;s final.
The Malaysians, who are ranked No 127 in the world, took 42 minutes to defeat the world No 16 Indonesians 21-18, 21-16.
The victory marks the first time the pair have reached a World Tour final together, having only partnered in March after Pei Jing&#8217;s split with her regular partner, Tan Kian Meng, who has retired.
In the final, they will meet either compatriots Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei or Danish pair Mathias Christiansen-Alexandra Boje, who will be playing in the other semi-final later today.
Jimmy-Pei Jing’s giant-killing feats include victories over second seeded Cheng Xing-Zhang Chi of China in the quarter-finals, and India&#8217;s world No 18 pair Dhruv Kapila-Tanisha Crasto in the round of 16.
Jimmy, 23, and Pei Jing, 33, became the second Malaysian finalists in Macau after men’s singles player Justin Hoh defeated India&#8217;s Tharun Mannepalli in the semi-finals earlier.
The Macau Open is a BWF World Tour 300 event which offers a total prize money of US$370,000 (RM1.58 million), with the singles champions receiving US$27,750 (RM118,792) and the runners-up US$14,060 (RM60,188).

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