Men’s doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik crowned their superb run in the Asian Championships by beating world No. 16 homesters Chen Boyang-Liu Yi 21-19, 21-17 in the final at the Ningbo Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium on Sunday (April 13).
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00:00Men's double shuttlers Aaron Chia and So Wu Yik capped off a stellar run at the Badminton
00:07Asia Championships by defeating China's world No. 16 Chen Boyang and Liu Yi 21-19-21-17
00:15in Sunday's final at the Ningbo Olympic Sports Centre gymnasium.
00:20World No. 6 Aaron Wu Yik played brilliantly to come out on top in a closely-fought match,
00:25which lasted 47 minutes to win their first gold in the tournament.
00:29Moving on their runner-up finish, in 2022, to Indonesia's Pramudya Kusumawardana and Yeremia
00:35Rambitan.
00:37Their victory also ended Malaysia's 18-year wait for the men's doubles title at the Asian
00:42meet, last won by Chung Tan Phuk and Lee Wan Wah in 2007.
00:48Aaron and Wu Yik were in imperious form throughout the competition, winning all their matches
00:52in straight games.
00:54Their campaign included impressive wins over top Indonesian pair Fajar Alfian and Rian
00:59Ardianto in the quarter-finals and Chinese aces Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang in the semi-finals.
01:05han Vlad Kusumar