KUALA LUMPUR: Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik failed to defend their world title in Copenhagen yesterday.
The Malaysian duo bowed out of the the World Championships men's doubles semi-finals with a 23-21, 21-13 loss to South Korea's Kang Min Hyuk-Seo Seung Jae.
The Koreans will play Denmark's Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen for the world crown. The Danes had earlier defeated China's world No. 3 Liang Wei Keng-Wang Chang 17-21, 21-18, 21-19 to reach their first World Championships final.