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Malaysia’s badminton doubles pair Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik have defeated Indonesia’s Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Marcus Fernaldi Gideon in the quarter-finals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Chia and Soh won in straight sets 21-14, 21-17.
Their win today, 29 July, has guaranteed them a spot in the semi-finals. Should they win the next game, they will be guaranteed a silver medal.
Defeating their opponents in the final will secure the first Olympics gold medal for Malaysia.
Chia and Soh will be playing in the semi-finals at 2.30pm tomorrow, 30 July
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While the men’s doubles gold medal match will take place this Saturday, 31 July.
Prior to today’s match, Chia and Soh defeated Canada’s Jason Ho-Shue and Nyl Yakura with scores of 21-15 and 21-12, reported The Star.
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