PETALING JAYA: Men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik redeemed themselves from last week’s early exit in Tokyo by clearing the first round of the China Open in Changzhou on Wednesday (July 23).

Aaron-Wooi Yik, who crashed out early at the Japan Open, made no such mistake this time as they ousted Denmark’s Rasmus Kjaer-Frederik Sogaard 21-19, 21-15 in just 41 minutes at the Changzhou Olympic Sports Centre.

The world No. 2 pair will now wait for the outcome of the match between French brothers Christo and Toma Junior Popov and Canada’s Kevin Lee-Ty Alexander Lindeman to find out their second-round opponents on Thursday (July 24).

Meanwhile, mixed doubles pair Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie were shown the exit after falling to Indonesia’s Jafar Hidayatullah-Felisha Pasaribu.

Despite coming in as last year’s runners-up, Soon Huat-Shevon were unable to repeat their strong showing and went down 21-18, 22-24, 15-21.