Malaysia Open: Aaron-Wooi Yik overcome early jitters against US pair to reach second round

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Men’s doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik survived a scare against Chen Zhi-yi-Presley Smith of the United States before booking their spot in the second round of the Malaysia Open.  World No. 6 Aaron-Wooi Yik had to dig deep to beat the world No. 37 pair 21-15, 16-21, 21-10 in 57 minutes in their first round match on Wednesday (Jan 8).  Read more at https://shorturl.at/anN4p  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00I think it's okay. I promise to win for the next round. That's the most important thing.

00:21Every round I win, so it's good enough.

00:24I think our speed there is not that good.

00:30Maybe we are not suitable for the wind.

00:33Because the wind is very strong.

00:39Maybe we are not suitable from the start.

00:44But we know what we are doing.

00:48We know what we are playing.

00:50So there is no big worries.

00:52Actually, the wind is different every game.

00:56Because we have played here many times.

00:58But every tournament, the wind will be different?

01:03Yes, every day will be different.

01:06From my experience in Malaysia, the wind is always like that.

01:13But I think, me and Aaron, we have 2-4 hours.

01:18What we prepare, what we want to do.

01:20We just follow the plan.

01:24You probably get used to the one match.

01:29How is it going to be in the second round?

01:33I think in the second round, we just prepare.

01:36Because now I don't know who to fight.

01:38I only know to fight against the Chinese Taipei.

01:40I don't know who to fight.

01:42So we just prepare ourselves.

01:46In terms of your physical condition, is everything okay?

01:51Yes, everything is okay.

01:55But it's New Year.

02:00So we have to get back on track.

02:15You

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