Korea Open 2026: Three Malaysian Pairs Reach Quarter-Finals
French Open Champions Edge a 24-22 First Game Before Cruising; Independent Mixed Pair Set Up a Showdown With China’s Top Seeds After Their Fifth Straight Week of Matches
Malaysia will have three pairs in the quarter-finals of the Yeosu Victor Korea Open after Thursday’s Round of 16 at Jinnam Stadium in Yeosu, according to the Shuttlehard Malaysia poster. Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun, Hoo Pang Ron-Lai Pei Jing and Chia Wei Jie-Teo Ee Yi all won in straight games. K. Letshanaa and the mixed pair of Chen Tang Jie-Chan Wen Tse were beaten, and the Korean-Malaysian men’s doubles combination of Choi Sol Gyu-Goh V Shem lost in three games to Japan’s fifth seeds.
Third seeds Man Wei Chong and Tee Kai Wun beat Taiwan’s Chen Zhi Ray-Lin Yu Chieh 24-22, 21-12. The match took 33 minutes. They are the French Open champions, and their opponents were the world No. 32 pair. The Malaysians scraped through the first game and dominated the second.
The Malaysians now face the winners of the all-Japanese Round of 16 match between Takuto Goto-Tsubasa Yoshida and Haruki Kawabe-Kenta Matsukawa.
Chia Wei Jie and Teo Ee Yi beat Taiwan’s He Zhi Wei-Huang Jui Hsuan 21-9, 21-19 in only 28 minutes. The world No. 39 pair had also shocked China’s world No. 11 pair Chen Bo Yang-Liu Yi 21-14, 21-19 in their opening match.
They face a stiff test next. Japan’s fifth seeds Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi beat Choi Sol Gyu-Goh V Shem 21-14, 19-21, 21-15 and will be the quarter-final opponents. Hoki-Kobayashi are former world champions.
In mixed doubles, Hoo Pang Ron and Lai Pei Jing beat South Korea’s Jin Sung Ik-Lee Seung Hee 21-8, 21-15. They have now played 15 matches in 24 days since the Denmark Open began on October 13, winning 12 of them, and this is their fifth tournament in a row. They have reached the Denmark Open semi-finals, the French Open final and the Hylo Open semi-finals in successive weeks.
Their quarter-final opponents are China’s top seeds Jiang Zhen Bang-Wei Ya Xin.
K. Letshanaa lost 10-21, 12-21 to the top seed and world No. 1 An Se Young in 36 minutes, which ended Malaysia’s women’s singles challenge.
Chen Tang Jie-Chan Wen Tse lost 7-21, 13-21 to China’s third seeds Cheng Xing-Zhang Chi. Tang Jie won the 2024 Korea Open title with Toh Ee Wei.
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