KUALA LUMPUR: National men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik have finally won their first ever Badminton Asian Championship title after beating Chen Bo Yang-Liu Yi of China in Ningbo, China today.

The six-seeds were unfazed by the strong home crowd as they beat the unseeded Chinese pair 21-19, 21-17 at the Ningbo Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, earning them the distinction of being the first Malaysian pair to win the BAC since Choong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah in 2007.