NEW DELHI, Jan 22\u00a0(NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia\u2019s\u00a0men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik came back from a set down to defeat Indonesian rivals\u00a0Fajar Alfian-Muhammad Rian Ardianto and storm into the final of the India Open Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Malaysians defeated the World No 1 pair 11-21, 21-15, 21-16 in a 53-minute match played at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I think we played our game today. We believed in ourselves (to make a comeback after losing the first set),” Aaron said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their win was in stark contrast with the fortunes of national top women\u2019s pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah, who found their semifinal opponents from Japan, Nami Matsuyama-Chiharu Shida just too good Saturday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They were ousted by the World No 2 pair 14-21, 16-21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Malaysians told Bernama that they could not match their Japanese opponents in speed during the match, which lasted 43 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I think their speed was faster than ours. We were not able to keep pace,” Pearly said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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