Regular pairs back in focus as Man-Tee face Aaron-Soh in French quarters, Goh-Izzuddin advance too

Doubles pair Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani. — IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star

PETALING JAYA: The script is finally looking familiar, with Badminton Association of Malaysia's (BAM) top two men's doubles pairs Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik and Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun set to face each other in the French Open quarter-finals.

On Thursday (Oct 22), world No. 4 Aaron-Wooi Yik and world No. 11 Wei Chong-Kai Wun won their respective second round matches in contrasting fashion to set up an all-Malaysian quarter-final and guarantee the country a place in the semi-finals at the Arena Grand Paris.

Aaron-Wooi Yik hardly broke a sweat as their Thai opponents, Peeratchai Sukphun-Pakkapon Teeraratsakul, conceded a walkover.

Wei Chong-Kai Wun, however, had to work hard for their impressive 25-23, 21-14 victory over former world champions Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi of Japan.

Both pairs have reunited with their regular partners after being paired with different shuttlers over the past few months.

They returned to action as a pair at the Denmark Open last week. While Aaron-Wooi Yik reached the final, Wei Chong-Kai Wun crashed out in the opening round.

Wei Chong-Kai Wun will have a chance on Friday (Oct 23) to level the score against their seniors.

They have beaten Aaron-Wooi Yik only three times in eight meetings, with their most recent defeat coming at the All England in Birmingham in March this year.

Another all-Malaysian men's doubles quarter-final failed to materialise as Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani kept their end of the bargain by winning their match, but Aaron Tai-Yap Roy King failed to pull off the day's biggest upset in the second round.

Sze Fei-Izzuddin defeated Denmark's Daniel Lundgaard-Mads Vestergaard 21-6, 14-21, 21-18 to set up a quarter-final clash with world No. 1 pair Kim Won-ho-Seo Seung-jae of South Korea, who beat Tai-Roy King 21-14, 21-16.

Said Sze Fei: "To have three pairs in the quarter-finals is good for our country. It's a good sign and we are on the right track."

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双打组合吴士霏与努尔·伊祖丁·拉姆萨尼。 — IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/《明星》

八打灵再也：剧本终于变得似曾相识，马来西亚羽毛球协会（BAM）排名前两位的男双组合谢家华/苏伟宜和陈维宗/郑凯文将在法国网球公开赛四分之一决赛中相遇。

周四（10 月 22 日），世界排名第 4 的 Aaron-Wooi Yik 和世界排名第 11 的 Wei Chong-Kai Wun 分别以截然不同的方式赢得了各自的第二轮比赛，从而促成了马来西亚选手之间的四分之一决赛，并确保该国在巴黎大竞技场获得半决赛的席位。

亚伦-伍易 (Aaron-Wooi Yik) 几乎没有流汗，因为他们的泰国对手佩拉猜·苏彭 (Peeratchai Sukphun)-帕卡彭·提拉拉萨库 (Pakkapon Teeraratsakul) 被轻松击败。

然而，魏崇凯和温凯却不得不付出艰辛的努力，才以 25-23、21-14 的比分战胜了日本的前世界冠军保木拓郎和小林优吾。

这两对选手在过去几个月分别与其他羽毛球运动员搭档后，现在已经与各自的固定搭档重新组合。

他们上周以组合形式重返赛场，参加了丹麦公开赛。亚伦/易宇一路杀入决赛，而魏宗宪/温凯则在首轮即遭淘汰。

魏崇凯将于周五（10月23日）有机会与他们的学长们扳平比分。

在八次交锋中，他们只赢过亚伦/易宇辉三次，最近一次失利是在今年三月伯明翰举行的全英公开赛上。

另一场马来西亚男子双打四分之一决赛未能上演，吴思飞和努尔·伊祖丁·鲁姆萨尼不负众望，赢得了比赛，但戴耀廷和叶荣金在第二轮比赛中未能爆冷晋级。

施飞-伊祖丁以 21-6、14-21、21-18 击败丹麦组合丹尼尔·伦德加德-马兹·韦斯特加德，将在四分之一决赛中与世界排名第一的韩国组合金元浩-徐承宰交锋，后者以 21-14、21-16 击败金泰罗。

施菲说：“我们国家有三对选手进入四分之一决赛，这对我们国家来说是件好事。这是一个好兆头，我们走在正确的道路上。”

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