National top men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik overcame compatriots Wan Arif Wan Junaidi-Yap Roy King to check into the second round of the Indonesia Open 2026 in Jakarta yesterday. — Bernama pic (New users only) It's tax relief season! Get up to RM300 when you save with Versa! Plus, enjoy an additional FREE RM10 when you sign up using code VERSAMM10 with a min. cash-in of RM100 today. T&Cs apply. Thursday, 04 Jun 2026 8:50 AM MYT KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — National top men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik overcame compatriots Wan Arif Wan Junaidi-Yap Roy King to check into the second round of the Indonesia Open 2026 in Jakarta yesterday.The second seeds needed only 31 minutes to dispatch Wan Arif Wan-Roy King 21-15, 21-14 in their opening-round clash at the iconic Istora Senayan.The victory allowed Aaron-Wooi Yik to maintain their flawless record against Wan Arif-Roy King, having now won all four meetings between the two pairs.Aaron-Wooi Yik will next be up against Indonesian pair Raymond Indra-Nikolaus Joaquin, who swept aside Japan’s Kakeru Kumagai-Hiroki Nishi 21-9, 21-13.Meanwhile, Malaysia’s young men’s doubles combination of Kang Khai Xing-Aaron Tai also advanced to the second round under fortunate circumstances.The world No. 23 pair progressed after India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty were forced to retire during the opening game, with Satwiksairaj believed to have suffered an injury midway through the match, with the Malaysians leading 11-6.Khai Xing-Aaron will next face India’s Hariharan Amsakarunan-M.R. Arjun, who overcame Malaysian independent pair Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub-Tan Wee Kiong 21-18, 21-10.In women’s doubles, top national pair and second seeds Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah safely booked their spot in the second round after brushing aside Canada’s Jackie Dent-Crystal Lai 21-13, 21-14.Pearly-Thinaah will next take on Taiwan’s Hsu Ya Ching-Sung Yu Hsuan, who got past Hong Kong’s Lui Lok Lok-Tsang Hiu Yan 21-13, 17-21, 21-16.Elsewhere, national number one women’s singles shuttler K. Letshanaa stormed into the second round after the world No. 31 stunned Denmark’s world No. 20 Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt 21-14, 19-21, 21-13.However, a tricky task awaits Letshanaa tomorrow as she is scheduled to meet Japanese world No. 3 Akane Yamaguchi, who ousted Taiwan’s Huang Yu-Hsun 21-17, 21-11 earlier.Other first-round results(Note: Malaysians unless stated)Women’s doubles:Ong Xin Yee-Carmen Ting bt Kaho Osawa-Mai Tanabe (JPN) 15-21, 21-9, 21-19 Mixed doubles:Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie bt Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto-Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja (INA) 17-21, 21-16, 23-21Gao Jia Xuan-Wei Ya Xin (CHN) bt Wong Tien Ci-Lim Chiew Sien 21-11, 21-17 — Bernama