KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — Independent men’s doubles pair, Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi maintained their strong start as they earned a quarter-finals berth at the BWF World Championships 2021 in Huelva, Spain, today.

However, it was not plain sailing for the ninth-seeded pair as they took 68 minutes to dispose of eighth seeds Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty of India, 22-20, 18-21, 21-15 at the Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marin.

The world number 12 duo will be pitting against Tokyo Olympics champions, Lee Yang-Wang Chi Lin who defeated young Malaysian pair, Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani 21-18, 17-21, 21-18.

In the meantime, Rio 2016 bronze medallists, Goh V Shem-Tan Wee Kiong still managed to keep their world title dream alive following a victory over Bjarne Geiss-Jan Colin Volker.

V Shem-Wee Kiong, seeded tenth in the competition, defeated the unseeded German duo, 21-14, 14-21, 21-17.

In the meantime, Tokyo Olympics bronze medallists, Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik could not hold on to their first set 21-17 win, as they let China’s pair, He Ji Ting-Tan Qiang to stage a stunning comeback by winning the next two games, 21-14, 21-16.

Ji Ting-Qiang will play V Shem-Wee Kiong to determine a place in the semi-finals tomorrow.

Meanwhile, two Malaysian mixed doubles pairs, Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing and Hoo Pang Ron-Cheah Yee See failed to advance to the next stage after they were shown the exit by their opponents.

Ninth seeds Kian Meng-Pei Jing lost to third seeds Yuta Watanabe-Arisa Higashino of Japan 19-21, 19-21 while German pair, Mark Lamsfuss-Isabel Lohau got the better off Pang Ron-Yee See in rubber sets, 21-13, 13-21, 21-18. — Bernama