KUALA LUMPUR: Men's doubles Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik are through to the final of the China Open.
In the semi-finals on Saturday, Aaron-Wooi Yik upset reigning world champions Kang Min Hyuk-Seo Seung Jae of South Korea 21-18, 21-17.
The world No. 6 Malaysians will take on world No. 3 Liang Wei Keng-Wang Chang of China next for the crown.
Backed by the home fans, Wei Keng-Wang Chang fought tooth and nail before seeing off world No. 5 Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi of Japan 21-16, 20-22, 22-20 in the other semi-final.
Since the introduction of the World Tour in 2018, Aaron-Wooi Yik have reached three Super 1000 finals.
However, they have yet to win a World Tour title.
SEMI-FINAL RESULTS
Men's singles: Viktor Axelsen (Den) bt Jonatan Christie (Ina) 21-17, 21-14; Lu Guang Zu (Chn) bt Shi Yu Qi (Chn) 21-13, 21-14.
Doubles: Liang Wei Keng-Wang Chang (Chn) bt Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi (Jpn) 21-16, 20-22, 22-20; Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik (Mas) bt Kang Min Hyuk-Seo Seung Jae (Kor) 21-18, 21-17.
Women's singles: An Se Young (Kor) bt Tai Tzu Ying (Tai) 21-18, 21-14; Akane Yamaguchi (Jpn) bt Chen Yu Fei (Chn) 19-21, 21-15, 21-17.
Doubles: Chen Qing Chen-Jia Yi Fan (Chn) bt Nami Matsuyama-Chiharu Shida (Jpn) 20-22, 21-15, 21-16; Baek Ha Na-Lee So Hee (Kor) bt Rena Miyaura-Ayako Sakuramoto (Jpn) 21-18, 21-14.
Mixed doubles: Seo Seung Jae-Chae Yu Jung (Kor) bt Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing (Mas) 21-19, 21-11; Thom Gicquel-Delphine Delrue (Fra) bt Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei (Mas) 21-16, 21-13.