Aaron-Wooi Yik cap hot run at Asian C'ships with golden finish

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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).   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/49es2pb3  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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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

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