Aaron hopeful of springing surprises with namesake at China Open
Badminton player Aaron Chia is set to partner with young talent Aaron Tai for the upcoming China Open. The pair is treating the tournament as a testing phase to see if their scratch partnership can be competitive.
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PETALING JAYA: Men’s doubles shuttler Aaron Chia is excited to get his scratch partnership with Aaron Tai started at the China Open this week after the youngster’s valiant outing in Japan recently.
Aaron Tai and his regular partner Kang Khai Xing had made it to the quarter-finals of the Super 750 Japan Open on Friday before their campaign ended at the hands of top seed South Korea’s Kim Won-ho-Seo Seung-jae.
Aaron said his namesake has been performing well and their new partnership could spring some surprises.
“I see Aaron Tai as a very talented player. That’s my opinion based on how I see him play,” said Aaron Chia.
“It will definitely be interesting when we compete together.”
Aaron-Khai Xing had earlier downed seventh seeded Chinese pair Chen Boyang-Liu Yi in the opening round, before defeating Taiwan’s Lee Jhe-huei-Yang Po-hsuan in the second.
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